Removing spacesaver wheel?

[carreraboy]

Maybe I have smaller fingers, but Richard I managed the wheel out several times, without moving the ABS......

 

[Alex Postan]

Had you considered leaving the ABS unit off altogether? It's a sure way to make a 964 less girly.......

 

[SimonExtreme]

ORIGINAL: Laurence Gibbs

Given that the space saver is the same as that in a standard C2? and the abs bracket fits up higher in the standard car? why does'nt the space saver come out? or is the abs unit lower in all cars?

The abs position in for standard C2's is the lower position, effectively on the floor of the compartment. The bracket is an RS addition, which for some reason doesn't seem to have been used by very many cars

 

[Melv]

ORIGINAL: SimonExtreme

So, what about the one photo I have found of the abs unit mounted on the bracket? It is in Adrian Streather's excellent book. The really interesting thing is that it is of a white RS, with the same strut brace as your car and a fire extinguisher mounted in a similar manner as yours! However, it is in nowhere near as good condition as your car and the caption says it is a cup car! It has the pins to go through the bonnet to hold it down with race clips. Quite a coincidence though - same colour, strut brace and fire extinguisher mounting point!

Oi Simon, that's my car!! [] And if your eyes are that sharp you can tell the conditon, have a closer look......it's, not a fire extinguisher, it's a tyre inflator![]

Anyway, what good is an FE under the bonnet when you've stuffed it in forwards......[8|]

 

[RSGulp]

ORIGINAL: Melv

ORIGINAL: SimonExtreme

So, what about the one photo I have found of the abs unit mounted on the bracket? It is in Adrian Streather's excellent book. The really interesting thing is that it is of a white RS, with the same strut brace as your car and a fire extinguisher mounted in a similar manner as yours! However, it is in nowhere near as good condition as your car and the caption says it is a cup car! It has the pins to go through the bonnet to hold it down with race clips. Quite a coincidence though - same colour, strut brace and fire extinguisher mounting point!

Oi Simon, that's my car!! [] And if your eyes are that sharp you can tell the conditon, have a closer look......it's, not a fire extinguisher, it's a tyre inflator![]

Anyway, what good is an FE under the bonnet when you've stuffed it in forwards......[8|]

Got one in the back on the roll cage too. Can never be too careful... In my old VW days I saw a beetle catch fire at Bug Jam - with the magnesium alloy engine casing it literally burned to the ground in about 2 and a half minutes!

 

[Melv]

Just keep polishing Richard!

 

[ChrisW]

Sorry to be so late to this.

My LHD and RHD cars both have the ABS unit (so that's what it is !) on the diagonal panel rater than on the panel with the bracket.

So, imagine the position of the ABS unit rotated 45 degrees anticlockwise as you look at the picture above, and there is no difficulty removeing the spare wheel.

Chris.