That leaves me with a Ford Galaxy that has no spare wheel. I don't really
want to have the originall full-size spare rattling around in the car (there
isn't a seperate boot), but I could probably stow a space-saver quite
easily. Does anyone know of a supplier of space-saver wheels?

Chris


Found two in a scrappy a few weeks ago, both looked like they had never
been used. One of them (marked Volvo) had the right stud spacing for my
BMW, and with a little enlarging of the centre hole, fits perfectly on
the rear. ( just fouls steering arm on the front.) Cost me 7 quid.


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the problem with a space saver on a galaxy is the weight of the vehicle! as
most tyre places insist on fitting
re-enforced tyres as should be fitted according to ford, vw etc
as for not carrying a spare on a galaxy, not had one for the past 3 yrs+
and only suffered two punctures! both in the same tyre at the same time! and
that was while on holiday in Cornwall, tried to get it fixed at kwik fit but
they did over £380 of damage to the car and didn't fix the tyre! doh!'

"Briane Moore" wrote in message
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That leaves me with a Ford Galaxy that has no spare wheel. I don't
really
want to have the originall full-size spare rattling around in the car
(there
isn't a seperate boot), but I could probably stow a space-saver quite
easily. Does anyone know of a supplier of space-saver wheels?

Chris


Found two in a scrappy a few weeks ago, both looked like they had never
been used. One of them (marked Volvo) had the right stud spacing for my
BMW, and with a little enlarging of the centre hole, fits perfectly on
the rear. ( just fouls steering arm on the front.) Cost me 7 quid.


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Seems to be the consensus that the lack of a spare is not a problem, guess I
won't worry about it either.

Got to ask, what did Kwik Fit do to the car, and, did they put it right?

Chris

"alan.f" wrote in message
...
the problem with a space saver on a galaxy is the weight of the vehicle!
as
most tyre places insist on fitting
re-enforced tyres as should be fitted according to ford, vw etc
as for not carrying a spare on a galaxy, not had one for the past 3 yrs+
and only suffered two punctures! both in the same tyre at the same time!
and
that was while on holiday in Cornwall, tried to get it fixed at kwik fit
but
they did over £380 of damage to the car and didn't fix the tyre! doh!'

On or around Sun, 27 Jul 2003 23:49:04 +0000 (UTC), "alan.f"
enlightened us thusly:

the idiot fitter jacked the car up with a trolley jack on the sill! not in
the correct jacking place as he should had done! when he realised what he'd
done he asked his mate for a pair of pliers to try and straighten the damage
out! I was very polite and calm and only threaten to cripple him not kill
him straight off ! lol
they paid for the repair and a hire car for the three weeks to car was off
the road.
crushed sills seem to be a common thing on galaxy's! so make sure you keep
an eye on anyone jacking your car up!
take a look on http://www.fordgalaxy.org.uk/

on many cars, the sill *is* the jacking point. No excuse for not knowing
that you can't do it on a specific model, mind.

I always look for a suspension mounting point. These by definition have to
be strong...

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"The breezy call of incense-breathing Morn, The swallow twittering
from the strawbuilt shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing
horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed."
Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.

From a point at sea, to the circles of your mind, this is Austin
Shackles:


I always look for a suspension mounting point. These by definition have to
be strong...

I forget which car it is now (I have a feeling it was a Vauxhall), but
there was a great to-do about ten years ago when people were putting
the jack under the front lower suspension link, and the link
subsequently failing catastrophically. The lower link didn't carry the
up and down stresses, and so was not designed to deal with this sort
of loading, consequently it was structurally weakened by jacking under
it.


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On or around Tue, 29 Jul 2003 18:48:34 +0100, Stewart
enlightened us thusly:

From a point at sea, to the circles of your mind, this is Austin
Shackles:


I always look for a suspension mounting point. These by definition have to
be strong...

I forget which car it is now (I have a feeling it was a Vauxhall), but
there was a great to-do about ten years ago when people were putting
the jack under the front lower suspension link, and the link
subsequently failing catastrophically. The lower link didn't carry the
up and down stresses, and so was not designed to deal with this sort
of loading, consequently it was structurally weakened by jacking under
it.

seen that, on a cavalier. axle stand carelessly placed under the middle of
the front suspension arm.

mind, you can bend it back and weld it up...

but when I said "suspension point" I mean where the arm mounts to the
chassis/body, which should be a strong point. never jack under the rams
themselves.

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"If you cannot mould yourself as you would wish, how can you expect
other people to be enitrely to your liking?"
Thomas À Kempis (1380 - 1471) Imitation of Christ, I.xvi.