If you have a Familia and you have had motor mover fitted by a non Eriba specialists it will be worth checking if you can remove your spare wheel.

I have just bought a new Familia and the old motor mover was transferred to the new one. The tyre cage however was still stock standard and was now very close to the articulation bar that moves the rollers on to the tyres. It doesn't look a problem at first glance but when you try to drop the cage it can go no further than the bar and you cannot get the tyre over the centre screw that locks it to the cage.

After a bit of faffing I got the cage off by pushing out of the two rear locating lugs, and I then I managed to put a curve in the two rear locating arms with a plumbers pipe bender, the cage now drops to the floor without touching the bar and the tyre can be removed easily.
I knew it could have been overlooked and it was....., Whilst the tyre was out I bagged it up and then also bagged the small padlock and taped it upside down so that it doesn't catch on the floor.

Top tip, put a bit of grease on the cage arm that locates into the lugs on the sub-frame, it will make it go back in easier...

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Nortee 😎