Putting A 79 Tire Carrier On My 66??

Will this carrier be suitable with moderate wheeling holding a 33” tire?

 

IMO - anything larger than the factory size on a '79, no.

 

will your wheel bolt to that or is the mount using the later 5x4.5 bolt pattern? Plus it doesn't look like it is all there.

 

'79 is 5 on 5.5".

Yes, the mounting brackets are essential. If it's from a CJ-5, the CJ body is essentially the same as your Jeep. If from a CJ-7, it's different. Same width, different tailgate.

 

Tested the wheel fit and that’s fine. Just don’t know about durability?

 

Personally, I wouldn't. That's a lot of weight on a design that was marginal at best for a stock tire, when new.

 

My experience - the factory carriers will break with a larger-than-stock tire.

 

Maybe it is from a 7. Is the CJ7 tailgate narrower? It barely fit across my tailgate.

 

Thanks guys I’m back to the drawing board on this.

 

lots of information
Spare tire mount

 

Had one on my jeep with that same size tire. I turned the drawbar upside down and the tire rested on a hockey puck I bolted in the hitch ball hole. Didn’t have it on long and when I unbolted it the holes in the body were elongated.