jack stowage - how does it work?

850forum · Post by **850forum** » 17 Oct 2018, 15:30

A full size rim is $150 and I don't trust a refurb to stay inflated.

Post by **misha** » 17 Oct 2018, 16:47

Go to the junkyard and grab a steel spare rim with a tyre for cheap.

Post by **erikv11** » 17 Oct 2018, 18:10

What's a refurb?

Also consider that alloy rims are also cheap at the junkyard and much lighter than steel ones. Easier to stow. Get one with a reasonably new tire on it. Inflate it to 40 psi and put it in the spare tire well. In 2 years when you think to check it again, it will be at something like 25-30 psi. And some 30x safer than a donut spare every day of those 2 years.

I've got some spare Cetus wheels with decent tires mounted, too bad I am local to just about no one on this forum ...

850forum · Post by **850forum** » 18 Oct 2018, 03:48

I have not been able to find a steel wheel with the correct bolt pattern online. I don't go to junkyards.
I have a lot of trouble with slow leaks -- I even bought 4 new rims some years ago, and one of them leaks
Reminds me, I should pump it up this morning, its been several days...

MY SPOKE PATTERN:
#14 Aluminum alloy wheel
6.5x16" TURBO 5 screw holes dark silver EXC T-5R 9134402 9134402 Aluminum alloy wheel

Post by **misha** » 18 Oct 2018, 04:24

5x108 ET 35-49 6-6.5J CB 65.1
All big Volvos use the same bolt pattern.
Newer ones too but have higher ET...and as long as you stay up to ET 49 it is ok....ET 50 and higher will not fit.
That said....p2 models can use all p80 rims but p80 can't use p2 rims in some cases.

http://www.wheelfitment.eu/car/Volvo.html

Maybe the tires are too old(DOT#) and can't hold the pressure,valves are not sealing to the rim properly or rims are bent and leaking pressure.
I didn't seen the good rim leaking pressure YET.

Post by **abscate** » 18 Oct 2018, 04:26

Your installer can put sealer on the rim. Tires should hold air for a long time, like months. I don’t have to add air in between seasonal adjustments every six months, if I do I haul it off and take it to my tire guy for a while you wait.

850forum · Post by **850forum** » 18 Oct 2018, 05:21

Tire is now a couple months old. Been leaking since they installed it & re-installed it.

WhatAmIDoing · Post by **WhatAmIDoing** » 18 Oct 2018, 09:04

850forum wrote: 18 Oct 2018, 05:21 Tire is now a couple months old. Been leaking since they installed it & re-installed it.

Unless the rim is bent/misformed, there is no reason it should be leaking that badly. Take it back and make the shop fix it / find a new tire shop.

erikv11 wrote: 17 Oct 2018, 18:10 Also consider that alloy rims are also cheap at the junkyard and much lighter than steel ones. Easier to stow. Get one with a reasonably new tire on it. Inflate it to 40 psi and put it in the spare tire well. In 2 years when you think to check it again, it will be at something like 25-30 psi. And some 30x safer than a donut spare every day of those 2 years.

What junkyards are you going to? Every junkyard I've ever been to either doesn't sell rims/tires, and I've never seen a yard sell alloy rims for less than $100 if you can find any there. However, I can get a set of 4 steel rims for $40 at the local salvage yard.

Post by **erikv11** » 18 Oct 2018, 09:36

WhatAmIDoing wrote: 18 Oct 2018, 09:04 ...
erikv11 wrote: 17 Oct 2018, 18:10 Also consider that alloy rims are also cheap at the junkyard and much lighter than steel ones. Easier to stow. Get one with a reasonably new tire on it. Inflate it to 40 psi and put it in the spare tire well. In 2 years when you think to check it again, it will be at something like 25-30 psi. And some 30x safer than a donut spare every day of those 2 years.
What junkyards are you going to? Every junkyard I've ever been to either doesn't sell rims/tires, and I've never seen a yard sell alloy rims for less than $100 if you can find any there. However, I can get a set of 4 steel rims for $40 at the local salvage yard.

That's funny, it never occurred to ma some yards wouldn't sell them, and I've never seen steel wheels that cheap. But I don't go to a lot of different yards - interesting to hear your experience. When I say cheap I am considering that you don't pay much more for an alloy than a steel, and the number OP threw out there ($150) for a spare.

$21 for steel wheel with tire, $36 for alloy with tire (Or $21 if you can swap them a bent alloy as core ...), and I always see Volvos with alloy wheels when roaming this regionally popular yard: https://www.upullrparts.com/part-pricin ... c94c9-0c8e.

Post by **erikv11** » 18 Oct 2018, 09:37

WhatAmIDoing wrote: 18 Oct 2018, 09:04 ...
erikv11 wrote: 17 Oct 2018, 18:10 Also consider that alloy rims are also cheap at the junkyard and much lighter than steel ones. Easier to stow. Get one with a reasonably new tire on it. Inflate it to 40 psi and put it in the spare tire well. In 2 years when you think to check it again, it will be at something like 25-30 psi. And some 30x safer than a donut spare every day of those 2 years.
What junkyards are you going to? Every junkyard I've ever been to either doesn't sell rims/tires, and I've never seen a yard sell alloy rims for less than $100 if you can find any there. However, I can get a set of 4 steel rims for $40 at the local salvage yard.

That's funny, it never occurred to ma some yards wouldn't sell them, and I've never seen steel wheels that cheap. But I don't go to a lot of different yards - interesting to hear your experience. When I say cheap I am considering that you don't pay much more for an alloy than a steel, and the number OP threw out there ($150) for a spare.

$21 for steel wheel with tire, $36 for alloy with tire (Or $21 if you can swap them a bent alloy as core ...), and I always see Volvos with alloy wheels when roaming this regionally popular yard, they have a couple locations: https://www.upullrparts.com/part-pricin ... c94c9-0c8e.