Installing The Spare Tire - Lexus LS460 Owner's Manual

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7-2. Steps to take in an emergency

Installing the spare tire

1
Remove any dirt or foreign
matter from the wheel contact
surface.
If foreign matter is on the wheel
contact surface, the wheel nuts
may loosen while the vehicle is in
motion, causing the tire to come
off.
2
Install the spare tire and
loosely tighten each wheel nut
by hand by approximately the
same amount.
Turn the wheel nuts until the wash-
ers come into contact with the disc
wheel.
3
Lower the vehicle.
4
Firmly tighten each wheel nut
two or three times in the order
shown in the illustration.
Tightening torque:
140 N•m (14.3 kgf•m, 103 ft•lbf)
LS460_EE (OM50D49E)
Disc wheel
Washer