Mitsubishi Delica User Manual page 11

Once the bolt has been unscrewed
sufficiently, it lowers the cage holding the
spare wheel. The spare wheel can now be
removed, see Figure 9.
Remove the plastic wheel cap (if fitted) with
the tool provided, or a flat screwdriver, see
Figure 10.
Before you jack up the flat wheel, loosen all
the screws by a small amount, see Figure
11. The screws may be very tight.
Loosening them on the ground is necessary
because the wheel will turn if you try to do
this when it is raised.
You don't want the van moving and falling
off the jack, so make sure the hand brake is
on. If the ground slopes, then put rocks or
bricks in front of and behind some of the
good wheels. Now use the jack to raise the
vehicle. Raise it until the tyre easily clears
the ground. Then remove all the wheel
screws completely, and take off the flat
wheel.
If possible, put some oil or grease on the
screw threads and where the head faces the
rim. This ensures that your tightening efforts
will go into clamping the wheel onto the van,
not just overcoming friction. Screws that
squeal, or need the spanner the whole way,
have too much friction and might be
ineffective. Obviously it is sometimes
impractical to lubricate the screws if you are
changing the wheel at the roadside.
Offer up the spare wheel to the hub. The wheel is heavy so be careful with your
back. The best position is to sit on the ground facing the wheel, with your feet on
each side of the tyre. Then you can use your feet to raise the tyre to its position, and
Figure 9: Releasing the spare wheel.
Slide it out backwards.
Figure 10: Remove plastic wheel cap,
by prising with flat bar or screwdriver.
Figure 11: Undoing screws on wheel.
Turn anti-clockwise to loosen, i.e. push
down from this position.
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