Seat Alhambra Owner's Manual page 51

Fitting hubcaps
Before mounting the full trim, the anti-theft
wheel lock must be threaded into position
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Fig. 70 or . Otherwise it will not be
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possible to mount the full hubcap.
Press the trim against the wheel so that the
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space for the valve fits over the tyre valve
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Fig. 70 . Make sure that the hubcap is
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correctly fitted all the way around the wheel.
Wheel bolt caps
Clip for removing the wheel bolt caps
Fig. 68
Removal
Fit the plastic clip (vehicle tools) over the
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cap until it clicks into place Fig.
Remove the cap with the plastic clip.
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The caps protect the wheel bolts and should
be remounted after changing the tyre.
The essentials
The anti-theft wheel locking bolt has a
special cap. This only fits on anti-theft locking
bolts and is not for use with standard wheel
bolts.
Loosening the wheel bolts
Tyre change: slacken the wheel bolts.
Fig. 69
68.
Tyre change: tyre valve
Fig. 70
tion of anti-theft wheel locking bolt
Only use the tool supplied with the vehicle to
loosen the wheel bolts.
Loosen the wheel bolts only about one turn
before raising the vehicle with the jack.
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
Fit the wheel brace as far as it will go over
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the wheel bolt
Hold the wheel brace at the end and rotate
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the bolt approximately one turn anticlockwise
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Loosening anti-theft wheel bolts
For wheels with full trim, the anti-theft wheel
lock must be threaded into position
or . Otherwise it will not be possible to
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mount the entire hubcap.
Take the adapter for anti-theft wheel bolts
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out of the vehicle tool kit.
Insert the adapter onto the anti-theft wheel
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bolt.
Fit the wheel brace onto the adapter as far
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as possible.
and posi-
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or .
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Fig. 69.
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Fig. 70
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