Ford Galaxy Seat Alhambra VW Sharan Spare Wheel Carrier Mechanism Gear Repair Fix Kit

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The Problem
A plastic gear breaks within the spare wheel carrier mechanism causing malfunction of the mechanism.
These vehicles have the spare wheel stored under the rear of the vehicle. The wheel is retained by a cable which can be wound up and down by turning a bolt in the boot of the vehicle. During normal operation the bolt can be turned which lowers the wheel to the floor where it can then be detached from the mechanism. It is common for the wheel to be wound up too hard or fast, this is often caused by spinning the release bolt too quickly using a spider tool or a power tool, this leads to the cable kinking or jamming. As a result, a plastic gear within the mechanism splits or breaks a tooth / teeth. Even with careful use of the mechanism the gear can fail as it is a poor quality part. By nature this mechanism is rarely used and isn’t serviceable therefore even first use of the mechanism can cause this plastic gear to break.
Symptoms of the fault
The below are common symptoms of failure:
The spare wheel only drops a limited distance when unwound.
The spare wheel cable has kinked and does not rewind.
When turning the lowering bolt a clicking noise can be heard from the mechanism and the cable with not lower / lift.
The spare wheel holder mechanism release is not functioning at all.
Vehicles affected and compatibility
Ford Galaxy 1995-2010
Seat Alhambra 1996-2010
VW Sharan 1996-2010
Associated part numbers:
7M3803660F/G, 7M3 803 660 F, 7M3 803 660 E, 7M3 803 660 B , 7M3 803 660 C, 1418290.
Our solution
Fit our CNC machined billet aluminium gear and restore full function to the spare wheel carrier mechanism.
Replace the poor quality plastic gear with our CNC machined billet aluminium gear. This allows you to replace just the gear component that fails within the mechanism without having to buy a whole new mechanism at vast expense which would just fail again. Our part is machined to fine tolerances and is a direct replacement for the original and will not fail again. Our part can be fitted simply using our pictorial and video instructions and will resolve the faults noted above caused by the faulty plastic gear. Our kit comes complete with a high quality Cobalt drill bit for separating the panels of the mechanism and stainless steel fasteners for resecuring the mechanism panels. Enabling you to lubricate the mechanism periodically to prevent any future failure.
You will receive
1X CNC machined aluminium gear
8X Stainless steel bolts, nuts and washers
1x Cobalt drill bit

[@rupertwilliam2656]

Very useful video. Thanks. Feedback- I think you could do with mentioning that it’s not always the plastic gear that breaks. In mine it was the metal crank spinning round and round in the cable reel. I’ve now ordered a replacement (aluminium) reel. With that and the new aluminium gear my wheel carrier should be the finest in the land! Ha.

[@Lifelba1]

Merci beaucoup pour l’explication j’ai réussi à ouvrir le treuil et changer le mécanisme 👍

[@khaled981998]

Comment tu as ouvert le treuil stp ?

[@brunobenettonmusic]

great video, thanks

[@arielkaliciak]

Bardzo dobra robota 👌

[@philhowse]

All very good and a nicely made gear but the problem with my one not being able to wind back up was due to the spline on the aluminium drive shaft had worn away and rounded off the splined centre location on the plastic cable reel so it couldn't drive the reel round.I had to alraldite the shaft into the reel to keep it in place then i drilled a 5mm hole right through the assembled reel and shaft and pinned it with a 5mm dowel.

[@rupertwilliam2656]

philhowse mine was rounded off so much there’s not a lot left to glue it to! I’ve ordered another cable reel. Aluminium.

[@mikehigton6102]

The kit was supplied very promptly and is of good quality. However I did encounter two problems: First, the demo clearly shows that the small gear wheel on the drive spindle is fitted with the teeth upwards, towards the "lid" of the unit, when it is dismantled. The demo then shows it being refitted the other way round. Another video by Michael Logue shows it with the teeth upwards. Looking at the mechanism, it looks as if the teeth should be upwards as there is nothing for them to engage if facing down. My guess is that they engage with some ridges in the top plate as part of the locking mechanism. Secondly, using nuts and bolts to replace the rivets causes a problem when re-attaching the unit as they stand proud of the plate where the rivets sat flush. The heads of two of the bolts foul the cross-member to which the unit attaches. i tried packing out the attaching bolts with a couple of washers but then the wheel would not tighten fully to the underside of the boot floor. I could not see an easy solution so I just bolted the unit back on anyway. The bolt heads stop it sitting flush against the cross-member, as it did originally, but now the wheel tightens up to the floor properly.

[@grumv235]

The video seems to suggest that the mechanism will lower the spare wheel sufficiently to allow its removal from the device. Not very helpful if the fault doesn't allow this (first example in common symptoms of failure above). How does the wheel then become detached to allow access to the broken carrier mechanism?

[@dobricamitrovic3714]

All Very Good

[@sawomirpienkawa8876]

Blokada jest odwrotnie założona! The blockage is reversed!

[@piethouben8242]

When you open the case, you put the first weel upsitedown on the schaft.

[@AlinNicolescu]

Indeed. Also at the final step, they put the wheel upside down! :)

[@khaled981998]

Quelqun sait comment ouvrir le treuil? Car les vis n'ont pas de tête

[@billding6587]

Hey mate you got the gear under the lid the wrong way up.

[@AlinNicolescu]

Indeed!

[@mihaiardelean9107]

Prețul chit distribuție galaxy 1,9

[@nadak47]

1:36 anyone know the bolt size

[@THE_ONE_86]

How the fuck do you do that when it’s siezed and won’t lower to the floor...

[@balhas8]

Gibt fähler bei diesem aufbau 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱