Confirmed. Steelie as full size spare does fit

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Replaced my donut with a full size steelie as a spare. It does fit in the same spot as the donut.

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Can we see the position of the tire to the "toothed" stamping?

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Can we see the position of the tire to the "toothed" stamping?

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It’s too cold for me to crawl under the car to snap a pic. But trust me it fits no different than the donut. Perfect placement.

 

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It’s too cold for me to crawl under the car to snap a pic. But trust me it fits no different than the donut. Perfect placement. Plenty of room before the tooth thingy

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Do you have a trailer hitch?
I tried the same setup and would not fit

 

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Do you have a trailer hitch?
I tried the same setup and would not fit

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no hitch.

 

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Can we see the position of the tire to the "toothed" stamping?

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The radius is the same, I think this would only be an issue for people running slightly larger ratio tires/ bigger than spec.

 

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no hitch.

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The hitch and the jagged edge are what restricts a full size spare. Ford is stingy with the maverick but can’t see why they didn’t plan for a full size spare.
In all fairness many manufacturers don’t give any spare

 

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no hitch.

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Thank you. I'm in the same boat as LS, AWD and 4K hitch, so unless I'm willing to modify the saw-tooth bracket, I don't see a same-diameter (as the other 4) spare fitting.

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my apologies. It seems you have to guide the spare by pulling it toward the back of the car so that the tire will lie next to the tooth thingy and then tighten it. I had to go back to make sure the tooth don’t bite too deep into the tire. See pics.

 

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This thread is kind of old news, did you do a search?

 

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So what is the purpose for the toothy bracket.can you just bend it a little for clearance?

 

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my apologies. It seems you have to guide the spare by pulling it toward the back of the car so that the tire will lie next to the tooth thingy and then tighten it. I had to go back to make sure the tooth don’t bite too deep into the tire. See pics.

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Thank you for taking the time to crawl under and provide the additional pictures.

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Here’s some more pics of making adjustments so the tooth thing can bite a little into the tire but now a whole lot. You kinda have to pull on the tire while turning the jack.

 

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So what is the purpose for the toothy bracket.can you just bend it a little for clearance?

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It’s so that when you get rear ended it prevents the puncture of the fuel tank with the tire acting as a buffer

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