Fiat 500X Owner's Handbook Manual page 135

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123
❒ use the key A fig. 124 to loosen the
fixing stud bolts by about one turn.
With alloy rims it is recommended to
"shake" the vehicle to facilitate
detachment of the rim from the wheel
hub;
❒ position the jack under the vehicle,
near the wheel to be changed;
124
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❒ insert the key A fig. 125 on the
hexagonal part of the jack B to extend it
until the top splined area fits correctly
into the sidemember C of the vehicle,
next to the symbol
sidemember itself;
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125
❒ alert any bystander that the vehicle is
about to be raised; all persons should
be kept away from the vehicle and
nobody must touch it until it has been
lowered;
❒ use the key A to operate the jack
(clockwise) and lift the vehicle until the
wheel is several centimetres off the
ground;
❒ use the key A to undo the stud bolts
completely and remove the punctured
tyre;
❒ make sure the contact surfaces
between space-saver wheel and hub
are clean and free from impurities
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so that the fixing stud bolts will not
come loose;
❒ in order to facilitate fitting of the
space-saver wheel, tighten the centring
pin in the higher hole of the wheel
on the
hub, then fit the space-saver wheel,
screwing in the first stud bolt by hand
for at least two threads;
❒ remove the centring pin and screw in
the other stud bolts by hand;
❒ tighten all the retaining stud bolts
using the key A;
❒ operate the key A (anticlockwise) on
the hexagonal part of the jack, in order
to lower the vehicle, then extract it;
❒ use the key A to fully tighten the stud
F1B0224C
bolts in a criss-cross fashion as per
the numerical sequence shown in fig.
126;
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