VW T5 Transporter - Spare Wheel - You Must Check This 

Hi Mick! Cheers for the reminder 😁 Had our T5 about eighteen months and this is still on my to do list! All the best👍

A good tip when you replace the spare is to ensure you have the valve near the rear in a position where you can check the pressure occasionally, no good being able to get at the spare and find its flat!!!

Me fué de lujo👍🏼 gracias.

Nice Job

Good advice. I found that removing the pin and taking the whole carrier bracket off allowed me to have it shot blasted and powder coated. It’s as good as new now. The other main reason to do this regularly is to check the condition of the spare wheel and tyre and check the air pressure

Great video. In that 'well' in the spare wheel I keep a ziplock bag containing rubber gloves and rags! You never know WHEN you will need them! Another tip I do with mine - cut 2 fingers off an old Marigold glove - put one over each bolt thread and secure with a rubber band. It helps stop them rusting and/or getting muddy! A great grease to use is 'copperlube' copper grease - guarantees it wont sieze😉👍 Happy trails!

Yes it is a good idea to check and grease these two bolts occasionally .for instance , I was on a campsite and this fella comes up to me with a t5and he could not move the bolts at all ,so the only alternative was to lend him my tyre inflator and pump the wheel up with the slow puncture, and off he went to a local garage to get it repaired . Lesson learned he said .

@Casper Van Life great tips

That longer bolt unhooks lift wheel slightly with the jack or a well placed foot and the bolt will unhook from metal work. This is important vid my spare was so rusty it could barely be used last time 👍👍

Very useful to know, thanks very much 😊

Excellent tip,something that's easily forgotten.

great tip thanks my fellow yorkshireman

I fancy painting mine now 😂. I had the plastic cover above the spare wheel off a few weeks ago and sprayed underneath with black wax oil. Messy job but worth it.

Good advice mate

I had the right one so rusted that it made the nut spin in the chassis. Had to put a vice grip on the nut to get it somewhat out and then use a saw to cut the bolt. Then bought a new bolt, and welded the nut back. Since then I remove the spare twice a year, just make sure it is not rusted together.

Had mine for 13 years and take it off once year to check the tyre, repaint and grease everything up. I installed a locking securing stud back then as t5 spare wheels were being pinched on a daily basis. Fortunately, I've never had a puncture in all that time so have never needed to drop it in anger at the side of the road. ( touch wood)

Good reminder,I will put my best hoody on then roll bout on the floor in the oil and grease and Check mine thanks.

There is a hole in the wheel carrier in witch you insert your bolt tool. It is easier to lift a carrier with wheel into a right position. Use the leverage.

Is the fixing of the spare under the van the same on a T6?

The bloke who had my van before me obviously didn't believe in lubricating anything. Instead, he paid a garage to do all his work, who didn't lubricate anything either! One of the spare wheel carrier bolts actually sheared off despite getting it hot, so I had to weld another nut on the van and also fitted a new locking bolt which I bought on eBay.

Just thinking that the spare should probably have a lock or secure bolt on the underside to stop the spare wheel from being stolen now that you have greased the bolts. Thanks for uploading the video btw.

Are you still alive Mick? Have you still got your T5 van? I have a 2008 T30 which I converted 13 years ago and am still tinkering with storage ideas. Half man - half mega stretch carpet like your good self. Cheers, J😊😊😊

Another honest great video. Thanks. Question if I can. I know this is over a year ago but........if you can remember are the nuts the long securing bolts attach to fixed on the metal bracket? My bolts & nuts are missing (locked up & seized U bolts used ☹️) & was wondering if I can refit originals? Thanks, John.

I discovered a slot in the spare wheel bracket.(between the bolts). You can use the wheel brace as a lever to lower and raise the spare. Hope that helps someone.

Watch out when it drops down .crushed my hand.

Hi Mick, I'm hopefully telling you how to suck eggs. ..... it would be ALOT easier to carry out maintenance on a part ....on a bench. AND youd do ALOT better job too. It's not a difficult job to remove that entire bracket and do the job properly, plus you would be able to clean and maintain the bracket that is welded to the chassis as well. The bits you didn't clean will just rust and from where I'm standing you just wasted time and effort doing half a job. Not unless this was a temporary fix. If anything you should have given the bracket at the back a clean, rustproof and paint, as when this rusts.... its welding time, and if you have to pay someone to do this it will be expensive, compared to maintaining it properly. Nice video. I learned how to take me wheel off AND put it back on the right way round. 👌👍😎🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️

Great! thanks very much. Had my van 2 years and never given it a thought. Any idea where the jack is?

Checked, not f*cling there!!

Cringing for your Apple watch on that floor 😬

Where can I find the jack and spinners in the Volkswagen t5?

Why did you put it back with an almost slick tyre? 🤦🏼‍♂️

You call that a spare wheel, I would be ashamed of that, there is not enough profile on it for the inspection with regard to imagine that in winter conditions you have to change your wheel, then you are there with a bad tire without sufficient pressure, then you might as well leave home without a spare wheel, my spare wheel is just like my other wheels set with conti all wheather with 8mm left on the spare wheel, at least the pressure of this is also measured during the inspection, so once a year and all that on my T5 bussie of the first month of 2005, SAFETY FIRST!! at all time, one more question, have you ever read the manual?! Greetings from the Netherlands

your not to safety minded on the tyre on that spare, bolts would have been better not taken out so you could never use spare wheel