My Puck came with this. I thought it was standard but if not it looks an easy mod.

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It was still nose heavy when jacked up, but I left the steadies partially down as a precaution. The Puck doesn't seem to have the box section

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HI all,
Interesting topic. When eventually we are all 'allowed out' I intend replacing the tyres on the Eriba. I work beside a tyre dealer and thought I would bring the wheels into work one at a time and get the tyres replaced. I have never previously jacked up the Eriba and intended using a scissors jack. I did not realise that this may be problematic. Randa, looking at the details of the Toe Type Jack, would that require a specific slot in the chassis to insert the toe? I recall having a car , cant quite remember the model, with that set up at one time, ( was it an old Mini? ) you actually had to open the door to rotate the jack handle. Great job in that you don't have to go crawling under the vehicle but would it be suitable for an Eriba ?
Best Regards,
Chris

Hi Randa and Colin,
Many thanks for your replies and apologies for not coming back on this sooner but these are strange times coupled with treating my laptop to a direct fall onto a concrete footpath some time back means that I am only today crawling under the Eriba to see the optitions.
Firstly: it has the small box sections exactly as you photographed Randa but I dont as yet have a suitable jack. I have both a scissors jack and a small trolley jack, the latter however fully extended will raise the axle by perhaps only 20mm so I'd say thats a non runner.

A related question if I may: My 310 is fitted with Alloy Wheels, the spare is a steel rim. I have an Eriba Handbook, it was not originally sold with my Eriba as it was originally sold in Germany and it is in English, however, it states:
" Alloy Wheels are fitted with 17mm Wheel Bolts. The Spare Wheel supplied has a Steel Wheel and comes supplied with 19mm Wheel Bolts"
19mm ?? The only Bolts I have are the 17mm x 4no. on each Wheel: nothing else was supplied. Should I have a spare set of "19mm" wheel bolts ? That seems a bit crazy .

On another note, I had 10 days, Sites booked etc. commencing Sunday 19th. of July. So on our lockdown rules here Sites are not allowed to open until July 20th. so as luck would have it and all going well we may get away for a holiday after all. One of the owners telephoned me to confirm that we are still on for going and she informed me that she is taking very many enquiries from folk who are looking for Sites as they have had to cancel other holidays. ( had to ? wanted to? Cruise Holidays ? ) Glad we had ours booked from the first day of re-opening and hopefully we can make it.
Best Regards,
Stay safe,
Chris

Interesting, my steel wheel bolts are 24mm threaded length but are conical. The alloy wheel bolts are also conical but with a 28mm threaded length.

Steve

Well well. Many thanks for your comprehensive reply. Much appreciiated.
Now off tho search t'interweb for a set..
Best Regards,
Chris

Getting back to the topic - I also use a scissor jack, but, especially if there is any sloping ground to contend with, I would also recommend hitching the car to the van to stabilize the balance. This does make life much easier especially if you need to release the van hand-brake in order to turn the brake drum - to line up winter wheels for example.

Dave

hi everyone

This post has made me scratch my head as I am not very technical, and I may be getting confused.

As I am no longer good at getting on the floor and crawling under things (and even worse at getting back up!) I always thought that in the case of a puncture I would do what I now do with the car and call out the AA and the job would be sorted, albeit after a long wait..

However these posts suggest that as our 540GT has alloy wheels and the bolts are different to those that fit the spare wheel, that the AA man would not be able to put the spare wheel onto the Troll.Am I understanding this correctly?It seems strange that Hymer would give you a spare wheel but you would not be able to fit it to replace your alloy ............

Does this mean that I should also try to source some alternative bolts just in case of a puncture, as other people have mentioned above?

This happened before with the AA on a previous Octavia Estate that suffered a puncture. I always had a spare tyre with my previous Octavia's but this one had one of the first standard fitted tubes of sealant and an air pump. Needless to say sods law applied and the puncture was too severe for the sealant to seal it. The AA man applied his own supa-dupa sealant to try but this only got us a mile down the road. Fortunately we were only a few miles from home and were able to park it up for the night. Fortunately next day our local tyre dealer who was a friend of my sons came out and within an hour put on a new tyre for us.

Since that time I have always paid extra to ensure that I have a spare tyre instead of a tube of sealant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It concerns me that I might now be in the same situation with the alloys on our Eriba. Is the view that I need to order some different bolts?

Thanks
MikeT