Tire Rotation - Ford TRADER Workshop Manual

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WHEELS AND TIRES
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REMOVAL
I I NSTALLA
TION
Removal
Caution
• The left
wheel lug
nuts are left-hand threaded.
1. Loosen/Remove the lug nuts. (Single/Dual tires)
2. Loosen the inner lug nuts. (Dual tires)
Caution
• Block the opposite diagonal tire.
3. Jack up the vehicle and support it with safety stands.
4. Remove the tire(s).
Installation
1 . Clean the wheel-to-hub contact surfaces.
2. Set the wheels so that the air valves of the inner tire and
outer tire are not be in the same position (Dual tires).
3. Tighten the lug nuts in two or three times steps in a criss-
cross fashion. Tighten to the specified torque.
Tightening torque: Refer to page Q-S.
caution
• Tighten the lug nuts to the specified torque again
when the vehicle has run about 1,000
km
(600
miles).
• Never apply oil to the nuts, bolts, or wheels; doing
so might cause looseness or seizure of the lug nuts.
9TFOOX.Q06
Tire Rotation
1. To prolong tire life and assure uniform tire wear, rotate the
tires every 6,000
km
(3,750 miles), sooner
if
irregular wear
develops.
caution
• After rotating the tires, adjust each tire to the speci-
fied air pressure. (Refer to page Q-2.)
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