Wheel Nuts - Check And Retightening - Mitsubishi FUSO FE 2006 Owner's Manual

Wheel nuts – check and retightening
Inspection intervals
With a new vehicle, perform the first inspection after
4,000 km (2,500 miles).
WARNING
After changing a tire, the wheel nuts will
loosen somewhat during the initial stages of
driving due to "wear-in." Therefore, retighten
the wheel nuts to specification after you have
driven 50 to 100 km (30 to 60 miles).
Using a torque wrench, check for loose wheel nuts
and tighten as necessary.
Wheel nut
tightening
torque
WARNING
•
A loose wheel nut could cause broken
wheel bolts or a cracked disc wheel,
resulting in a tire coming loose or falling
off. Since this could cause a serious acci-
dent and render the vehicle undriveable,
be sure to check the wheel nuts regularly.
•
Fit the socket wrench securely on the
wheel nut. If fitted improperly, the wrench
will slip off the nut, and could cause injury.
•
Retightening wheel nuts on rear dual wheels
Retighten the wheel nuts in the following sequence:
Loosen outer wheel nuts.
Retighten inner wheel nuts to specification.
Tighten outer wheel nuts to specification.
WARNING
In the case of dual wheels, one often retight-
ens outer wheel nuts while forgetting to
retighten inner wheel nuts. Always follow the
Z09315
above procedure to tighten all the nuts.
NOTE:
The wheel bolts and nuts on the right-hand wheels
have right-hand threads, and those on the left-hand
wheels have left-hand threads.
The bolts and nuts have stamped marks for easy
identification; an "R" mark for right-hand wheels and
an "L" mark for left-hand wheels.
Every 10,000 km
(6,000 miles)
440 to 540 N·m
(325 to 398 ft.lbs., 45 to 55 kgf·m)
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