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Wheel bolt caps
Fig. 51
Removing the wheel bolt caps
Removal
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Fit the plastic clip (vehicle tools
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74) over the cap until it clicks
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into place
Fig.
51.
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Remove the cap with the plastic clip.
The caps protect the wheel bolts and should
be remounted after changing the tyre.
The anti-theft wheel bolt has a special cap
which is only compatible with anti-theft bolts
and cannot be used for conventional bolts.
The essentials
Loosening the wheel bolts
Fig. 52
Changing a wheel: Slacken the wheel
bolts.
Changing a wheel: Tyre valve
Fig. 53
position of anti-theft wheel locking bolt
Only use the tool supplied with the vehicle
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to loosen the wheel bolts.
Loosen the wheel bolts only about one turn
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before raising the vehicle with the jack.
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If the wheel bolt is very tight, you may be
able to loosen it by pushing down on the end
of the wheel brace carefully with your foot.
Hold on to the vehicle for support and take
care not to slip.
Loosening wheel bolts
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Fit the wheel brace as far as it will go over
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Fig.
the wheel bolt
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Hold the wheel brace at the end and rotate
the bolt approximately one turn anticlockwise
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.
Loosening anti-theft wheel bolts
For wheels with full hubcap, the anti-theft
wheel lock must be threaded into position
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Fig. 53
before mounting the hubcap.
2
Otherwise it will not be possible to mount the
entire hubcap.
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Take the adapter for anti-theft wheel bolts
out of the vehicle tool kit.
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Insert the adapter onto the wheel bolt
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Fig.
53. Push it on as far as it will go.
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Fit the wheel brace onto the adapter as far
and
1
as possible.
.
2
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Hold the wheel brace at the end and rotate
the bolt approximately one turn anticlockwise
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52.
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