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Taking the wheel off/installing the spare
Follow these instructions step-by-step for chang-
ing the wheel.
Fig. 207
Changing a wheel: using the screwdriver hahd le
(with the blade removed} to turn the bolts
Fig. 208
Changing a wheel: alignment pin ins ide the top
hole
After you have loosened all wheel bo lts and
raised the vehicle off the ground, remove and re-
place the whee l as follows:
Removing th e wheel
" Use the hexagon al socket in the screwdriver
handle to completely remove the topmost
wheel bolt and set it aside on a
clean
surface
¢fig. 207 .
.. Screw the threaded end of the alignment pin
from the tool kit hand-tight into the empty bolt
hole
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fig.
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" Then remove the other wheel bolts as described
above .
" Take off the wheel leaving the a lignment pin in
the bolt ho le
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Applies to veh icles with ceram ic brake rotors•: Use a sec-
ond alig nme nt pin• (stored in t he spa re wheel well mold -
ing} for the lower hole , following the descript ion for the
first alignment pin.
Em er gen cy a ss istanc e
Putting on the spare wheel
" Lift the spare whee l and caref ully slide it over
the alignment pin to guide it in place¢ (!) .
.. Use the hexagona l socket in the screwdriver
handle to screw in and tighten all wheel bolts
slightly .
" Remove the alignment pin and insert and tight-
en the remaining wheel bo lt s lightly like the
rest .
.. Turn the jack hand le counter-clockw ise to lower
the vehicle unt il the ja ck is fully released.
" Use the wheel bo lt wrench to t ighten a ll wheel
bolts firmly¢
page 245.
Tighten them
cross-
wise,
from one bo lt to the (approx imately) op-
posite one, to keep the wheel centered.
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Note
When removing or installing the wheel, the
rim could hit the brake rotor/ceramic brake
rotor* and damage the rotor . Work carefully
and have a second person he lp you.
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Tips
Never use the hexagonal socket in the hand le
of the screwdriver to loosen or tighten the
whee l bolts.
- Pull the reversible blade from the screwdr iv-
er before you use the hexagona l socket in
the handle to turn the wheel bolts.
- When mounting tires with unidirectional
t read des ign make sure the tread pattern is
pointed the right way
¢
page 248.
- The wheel bolts sho uld be clean and easy to
turn. Check for dirt and corrosion on the
mating surfaces of both the wheel and the
hub. Remove all dirt from these surfaces be-
fore remounting the wheel.
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