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Tip/Trick: Wheel mounting alignment tool.

Help, Advice and DIY Tutorials on Volvo's P80 platform cars -- Volvo's 1990s "bread and butter" cars -- powered by the ubiquitous and durable Volvo inline 5-cylinder engine.

1992 - 1997 850, including 850 R, 850 T-5R, 850 T-5, 850 GLT
1997 - 2000 S70, S70 AWD
1997 - 2000 V70, V70 AWD
1997 - 2000 V70-XC
1997 - 2004 C70

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Re: Tip/Trick: Wheel mounting alignment tool.

Post by erikv11 »

erikv11 wrote: 12 Jul 2019, 12:24 And when you consider that on a P80 the "alignment pin" is basically useless even when there *is* one, this is a great tip.

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P80 wheel lug bolts are M12 x 1.75, take that info to the hardware store ...
m12 x 1.75, 90 mm, head ground off
m12 x 1.75, 90 mm, head ground off
$3 for the bolt, 15 minutes with the angle grinder. Now it sits in the toolbox next to the 19 mm deep socket until the fall when I next need to move some wheels around.
'95 854 T-5R, Motronic 4.4, 185k
'98 V70, T5 tune-injectors-turbo, LPT engine, 304k, daily driver
'06 S60 R, 197k
'07 XC70, black, 205k
'07 XC70, willow green, 212k
'99 Camry V6 :shock: 153k
gone: '96 NA 850 210k, '98 NA V70 182k, '98 S70 NA 225k, '96 855 NA 169k

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