Changing W Heels - Mercedes-Benz 240 D 1980 Owner's Manual

W heels Tires

Changing W heels

C hanging W heels
1. Depress parking brake pedal.
2. W ith manual transmission, shift
gear shift lever to st or reverse
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gears respectively, w ith autom a­
tic transm ission, move selec­
to r lever to position "P ".
3. Safeguard vehicle against rolling
o ff by using chocks or similar.
Place chocks under both
opposite wheels (on dow nhill
side), on a level road on both
sides o f the opposite fro n t wheel
when changing a rear wheel.
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4. Insert the com bination w rench
in one o f the trim ring slots and
pry o ff the hub cap.
5. Using the com bination w rench,
loosen b ut do not yet remove
the wheel bolts.
. Clean jack supporting tube, if
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necessary. (Jack tubes are
behind the fro n t wheel housings
and in fro n t o f the rear wheel
housings.)
7. Insert jack arm into the tube
hole up to the stop. Position the
jack so that it w ill always be
Observe wheel bolts!
1 For forged light alloy rims only
2 For light alloy disc rims and
steel rims only
vertical as seen from the side,
even on inclines. Jack up the
vehicle until the wheel is clear
o f the ground.
8 . Then back o ut the wheel bolts.
Protect bolt threads from dirt
and sand. Remove the wheel.
9. A d just the jack to allow the
wheel to be slipped on w ith o u t
being lifted.
10. Slip on wheel (valve dow n)
and press onto the hub plate.
Screw in wheel bolts but use
only such bolts th a t suit the
particular rim.