Alfa Romeo 159 Owner's Manual page 190

REFITTING A
NORMAL WHEEL
Following the procedure described pre-
viously, raise the car and remove the
spare wheel.
Versions with steel rims
Proceed as follows:
❒ Make sure the contact surfaces be-
tween standard wheel and hub are
clean so that the fastening bolts will not
come loose;
❒ Fit the standard wheel taking into ac-
count that pin B-fig. 10 shall coin-
cide with one of the holes A;
❒ Place the wheel cap on the wheel rim
making symbol C, (marked inside the
wheel cap), coincide with the inflation
valve fig. 12;
❒ Using the wrench provided, tighten the
fastening bolts;
❒ Lower the car and remove the jack;
❒ Using the wrench provided, fully tight-
en the bolts in the sequence shown
in fig. 11;
fig. 12
Versions with alloy rims
Proceed as follows:
❒ tighten pin A-fig. 13 in one of the
holes of the wheel hub fastening
bolts;
❒ insert the wheel on the pin and, us-
ing the wrench provided, tighten the
four bolts available;
❒ loosen pin A-fig. 13 and tighten
the last fastening bolt;
❒ lower the car and remove the jack,
then, using the wrench provided tight-
en the bolts according to the sequence
previously shown for the space-saver
spare wheel fig. 11.
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fig. 13
When you have finished:
❒ Stow the spare wheel in the space
provided in the boot;
❒ Fit the jack partially open in its con-
tainer forcing it lightly to prevent it
from vibrating when travelling;
❒ Put the tools back into their places in
the container;
❒ Arrange the container complete with
tools on the space-saver spare wheel;
❒ Reposition properly the boot stiff cov-
ering.
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