Temporary Spare - Volvo S40 Owner's Manual

Wheels and tyres
General
Standard (1) and bulge acorn (2) wheel
nuts.
Rims and wheel nuts
Only use rims that are tested and approved
by Volvo and which are Volvo genuine acces-
sories. There are two types of wheel nut,
depending on whether the rims are made of
steel or aluminium. Tighten the wheel nuts to
90 Nm. Check the torque with a torque
wrench.
IMPORTANT!
The wheel nuts should be tightened to
90 Nm. Overtightening can damage the
nuts and the bolts.
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Steel rims – standard wheel nuts (1)
Steel rims are normally mounted with the
standard wheel nuts, but the bulge acorn
variety may also be used.
WARNING!
Never use standard nuts for aluminium
rims. The wheels can come loose.
Aluminium rims – bulge acorn wheel
nuts (2)
Only use the bulge acorn variety of nuts with
aluminium rims. These differ markedly from
other nut types as they have a rotating conical
washer.
NOTE! These nuts may also be used with
steel rims.
Locking wheel nuts
Locking wheel nuts can be used on both
aluminium and steel rims. If steel rims with
locking nuts are used in combination with
wheel covers, the locking wheel nut should
be mounted on the bolt nearest the air valve.
Otherwise the wheel cover cannot be fitted
to the rim.

Temporary spare

1
The spare wheel is only intended to be used
for the short time it takes to get the ordinary
wheel replaced or repaired. Replace the
spare wheel as soon as possible with a
normal wheel. The car's handling may be
altered by the use of the spare wheel.
Never drive faster than 80 km/h with a spare
wheel on the car
IMPORTANT!
The car must never be driven fitted with
more than one temporary spare wheel.
1. Certain variants and markets.