Jacking points

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Perky
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Post by Perky »

Has anybody actually used the jack with the spare wheel? The jacking point is marked by a small arrowhead on the plastic skirt behind which the plastic has been cut out. However, all I can see is the painted metal to slot into the jack's head. Won't the jack damage the paintwork under the car, the worst place for developing rust?
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I think Motor Manufactures take things like this into account. The car, although built in Belgium and part of a Chinese group know a thing or two about corrosion. Swedish winters ain’t exactly mild so I’m sure everything is sorted in that department.
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Bhowani
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I have had to change one wheel after a puncture. If you get down really low, you can see where the jacking point is, BEYOND the plastic trim bits.
But boy does the wheel weigh "a ton". Get help if you need it!

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Perky
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Bhowani wrote: Wed Dec 18, 2019 1:28 pm I have had to change one wheel after a puncture. If you get down really low, you can see where the jacking point is, BEYOND the plastic trim bits.
But boy does the wheel weigh "a ton". Get help if you need it!

Bhowani (Three score + 10 plus a bit!)
Thanks!

Is it the exposed painted part of the chassis where the two metal sheets are? does that slot into the gap at the top of the jack?
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Bhowani
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Post by Bhowani »

Perky,
In a word yes. I have crawled underneath.........

Outer length of plastic is the door bottom, measure 5" inwards from the next plastic covered strip and there's the jacking point. Unlike many "older" cars, the jacking pad, as it were, is only just wider than the male bit on the jack supplied by Volvo, so you can't slide it for and aft as we used to be able to do!

Have fun, and may you not have to change a wheel over the holiday season! The GREAT point is the little plastic sleeves that now cover the wheel bolts - and they give you some spare ones too.

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Perky
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Post by Perky »

Thanks for that. Very Useful.
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