Skoda Rapid Operating Instructions Manual page 157

Loosening/tightening wheel bolts
Raising the vehicle
Remove the wheel / fix
Follow-up work
For your own safety and the safety of the passengers, the following instruc-
tions must be observed before changing a wheel on the road.
Switch on the hazard warning lights system.
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The warning triangle must be set up at the prescribed distance - observe
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the national legal provisions when doing so.
Park the vehicle as far away as possible from the flow of traffic.
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Choose a location with a flat, solid surface.
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Have all the occupants get out. The passengers should not stand on the
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road (instead they should remain behind a crash barrier, for instance) while
the wheel is being changed.
The national legal requirements must be observed when changing a wheel.
Preliminary work
Before changing the wheel, the following work must be carried out.
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Switch off the engine.
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For vehicles with Manual transmission select the first Gear selection.
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On vehicles with automatic transmission, place the selector lever in the P
position.
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Firmly apply the handbrake.
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Uncouple trailer, if attached.
Remove the wheel / stow
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Do-it-yourself
Fig. 149
Take out the wheel
156 The spare wheel is located in a well under the floor covering in the boot and is
fixed in place with a special bolt
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Take out the wheel
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Open the boot lid.
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Lift up the floor in the luggage compartment.
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Loosen the retaining belt and take out the box with the tool kit.
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Unscrew the nut in direction of arrow
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Take out the wheel.
Stow the wheel
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Place the wheel into the wheel well with the wheel rim pointing downward.
On vehicles with the vehicle battery in the boot, lay down the wheel with the
outer face upward.
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Pull the fixing band through the opposite holes in the wheel rim.
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Screw on the nut in the opposite direction to the arrow
wheel is safely secured.
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Replace the box with the tool kit into the emergency or spare wheel and se-
cure it with the tape.
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Fold back the floor in the luggage compartment.
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Close the boot lid.
Full wheel trim
Before removing the wheel bolts, remove the wheel cover.
Removing
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Hook the clamp found in the vehicle tool kit
edge of the wheel trim.
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Push the wheel wrench through the clamp, support on the tyre and pull off
the wheel trim.
Installing
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Press the wheel trim onto the wheel rim at the designated valve opening.
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Then press the trim into the wheel rim until its entire circumference locks
correctly in place.
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