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Apr 15th, 2018, 12:48 | #1 |
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Jacking points
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Am I the only one annoyed by the crappy jacking points on the new V70? My floor jack is alway millimeters from slipping off the rear ones, and only way I trust jacking the front is putting the jack all the way in to the sub-frame bolts. The triangular areas mention in the manual just buckle if you try... Thanks
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Apr 15th, 2018, 18:38 | #2 |
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I cannot say I have ever used the Volvo jack or jacking points. I have always used either a trolly jack or a bottle jack.
I truly see no point in jacking the body to remove a wheel, by the time the suspension is at full droop the car is so high it's unstable. I jack under the wishbones or sub frame mountings. Paul. |
Apr 15th, 2018, 19:18 | #3 | |
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On my V70, the lowest rigid part of the car is the wishbone rear bush housing, but that's only about an inch lower than the subframe and sills, so doesn't make that much difference. I agree that it never seems obvious where to place the jack, but I'm more interested in how the axle stands fit to be honest (as I always use them) and I find the wishbone rear bushing is a good shape for the 'crescent' shaped top section of the stands.
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Apr 16th, 2018, 08:59 | #4 |
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I often wonder about this.
Last week I swapped my winter wheels/tyres for the summer ones. As I wasn;t actually going under the car, I used my trolly jack on the front jack points. and lifted it a bit higher so both the front and back wheels were off the ground...nice and quick but not ideal... I have never worked-out where to correctly position axle stands. Points I use are Circled (pic of jacking points taken from manual):
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Apr 16th, 2018, 11:32 | #5 | |
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Those are the points I tried to use and they buckled!
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Apr 16th, 2018, 14:36 | #6 |
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They have never buckled on our XC70 cars.
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Apr 16th, 2018, 17:29 | #7 |
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That point is actually in sort of three sections, one is reinforced with a second piece of metal behind. If you look it's where there's a hole you can put your finger in. You can also tell by knocking on it. I found this out the hard way by buckling part of it too!
For the front I jack on that point and put axle stands further in on the engine subframe bolts For the rear I jack on the reinforced sills then support immediately behind on a similar reinforced section with a hole. I find the rear far easier to jack/support. |
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