How can you lower the spare tire on a 2000 Ford Expedition EB when the crank is missing or broken and the hole under the the rear door leads nowhere and doesn't engage the spare?

Answer 1

DO THIS ONLY ON EMERGENCIES!!

You should CAREFULLY get under the SUV, close to where the spare is supposed to be (the rear part of the vehicle) and then look for the plastic covered (or not) steel wire that pulleys the spare down and cut it.

BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL because just right after you do this the spare tire will fall down to the floor.

Obviously i wouldn't recommend doing this if its not an emergency, because the levering system that rolls the spare tire up and down will be screwed after you do this and you would need to replace it in order to get it functional again.

If its not an emergency then do this.

Go to the nearest Pep boys and ask anyone there what to do. They will be able to fix it up or to replace the whole system in no time.

You do not listen to the idiot up above, you do not cut anything. You take the jack arm from under the hood and above the license plate there is a hole where you insert jack arm and turn.