Chrysler PT Cruiser 2001 Service Manual Supplement page 1408

PT
REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION (Continued)
(3) Grasp the wheel cover and pull it straight out-
ward, removing the wheel cover from the wheel.
(4) Remove the wheel mounting nuts from the
studs (Fig. 19).
Fig. 19 Wheel Nuts
1 – WHEEL
2 – EXTERNALLY THREADED WHEEL NUTS
3 – TIRE
(5) Remove the tire and wheel assembly from the
hub.
INSTALLATION
CAUTION: Installing the wheel mounting nuts with-
out having good metal-to-mental contact between
the back of the wheel and the hub mounted brake
disc or drum could cause the wheel to bind and
eventually cause loosening of the wheel mounting
nuts.
(1) Install the tire and wheel assembly on the hub
studs against the hub mounted brake disc or drum
using the hub pilot as a guide.
CAUTION: When installing the tire and wheel
assembly, never use oil or grease on studs or nuts.
(2) Install and lightly tighten the wheel mounting
nuts (with external threads) in the proper sequence
(Fig. 20).
(3) Lower the vehicle.
(4) Progressively tighten the 5 wheel mounting
nuts in the proper sequence until tightened to half of
the specified torque (Fig. 20). Finally, tighten the
wheel mounting nuts in the proper sequence to a
torque of 135 N·m (100 ft. lbs.).
(5) Align the valve notch in the wheel cover with
the valve stem on the wheel (Fig. 18). Align the
wheel cover retaining nuts with the externally
threaded wheel mounting nuts.
TIRES AND WHEELS
Fig. 20 Wheel Nut Tightening Sequence
(6) By hand, start to thread all 5 of the wheel
cover retaining nuts onto the externally threaded
wheel mounted nuts.
NOTE: When tightening the wheel cover retaining
nuts it is recommended that a hand wrench be used
and not an impact wrench. Use of an impact wrench
could result in damage to the bolt-on wheel cover
retaining nuts.
(7) Progressively tighten each of the wheel cover
retaining nuts following the pattern shown in the fig-
ure (Fig. 21). Repeat the tightening sequence at least
one more time. If a retaining nut "jumps" a thread
(slips), which is an override feature of the retaining
nut, retighten all the nuts again following the proper
tightening sequence to a point just prior to the
thread slip occurring.
Fig. 21 Nut Tightening Sequence
1 – BOLT-ON WHEEL COVER
22 - 17