Audi A8 2018 Owner's Manual page 320

Emergency assist a nce
Taking the wheel off/installing the spare
Follow these instructions step-by-step for chang-
ing the wheel .
Fig. 28 0 Changing a wheel: using the screw d river handle
(with th e blade removed) to t urn the bolts
Fig. 2 8 1 Changing a wheel: alignment pin inside t he top
hole
Afte r you have loosened a ll wheel bo lts and
raised t he vehi cle off the ground, remove and re-
p lace the whee l as fo llows:
Removing the wheel
• Use t he
hexagonal socket in the screwdriver
handle
t o comple t ely remove t he topmost
whee l bolt and set it aside on a clean surfa ce
¢ fig. 280 .
• Screw the th readed end of the
alignment pin
from the tool kit hand-tight into the empty bolt
hole¢ fig.
2a1 1> .
• The n remove the other whee l bolts as desc ribed
above.
• Takeoff t he wheel leav ing the a lignm e nt pin in
the bolt ho le ¢ 0 .
l )
Applies to ve hicles with ceram ic brake rotors*: Use a sec-
ond alignment pin* (stored in the spa re whee l well mo ld-
ing) for the lower hole, fo llowing t he descr iption for th e
first alignment pin.
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Putting on the spare wheel
• Lift the sp a re whee l and caref ully slide it over
t he alignment pin t o g uide it in place ¢ (D .
• Use the hexagonal socket in the screwdr iver
ha nd le to screw in and tighten a ll wheel bolts
slightly.
• Remove the alignment pin and insert and t ight-
en the remaining wheel bo lt slight ly like the
rest.
• Turn the jack hand le counte r-clockw ise to lowe r
t he vehicle unt il t he jac k is fully re leased.
• Use the wheel bo lt wren ch to ti ghten a ll wheel
bolts firm ly¢
page 315.
Tighten t hem
cross-
wise, from one bo lt to the (app roximately) op -
posite one, to keep the whee l centered.
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Note
When remov ing or insta lling the wheel, the
rim could hit the brake rotor/ce ramic brake
rotor * and damage t he rotor . Work carefully
and have a second person he lp you.
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Tips
Neve r use the he xagonal socket in the han dle
of the sc rewd river to loosen or t ig hten the
whee l bolts.
- Pull the reversible blade from the screwdr iv-
er before yo u use t he hexagona l soc ket in
t he handle to t urn the whee l bolts.
- When mounti ng tires with
unidirectional
tread design
make sure the tread pattern is
pointed the right way¢
page 319.
- The wheel bolts sho uld be clean and easy to
t urn. Check for dirt and corrosion on the
mating surfaces of both the wheel and t he
hub. Remove all dirt from these s urfaces be-
fore remounti ng the whee l.