Wheel bolt caps
Pull off the wheel bolt cap.
Fig. 61
Removing
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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Fitting
Insert the caps as far as they will go over
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the wheel bolts.
The wheel bolt caps are stored in a box on
the spare wheel or in the spare wheel well.
The essentials
Anti-theft wheel bolts*
Anti-theft wheel bolt with adapter.
Fig. 62
Anti-theft wheel bolts (one bolt per wheel)
can only be loosened or tightened using a
factory-supplied adapter.
61.
Pull off the hub cap or bolt cover.
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Insert the adapter
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toothed side as far as it will go on the interior
toothing of the anti-theft wheel bolt
that only the outer hexagonal is protruding.
Fit the box spanner as far as it will go over
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adapter
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B
Loosen or firmly tighten the wheel bolt
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After removing the adapter, replace the hub
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cap or the anti-theft wheel bolt cover.
Check the tightening torque as soon as
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possible with a torque wrench.
Note down the code number stamped on the
front of the adapter or of the anti-theft wheel
bolt. You will need this number to obtain a
spare adapter from the SEAT original acces-
sories programme.
You should always have a wheel bolt adapter
as part of your vehicle tools.
Loosening and tightening wheel
bolts
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Fig. 62
with its
B
so
A
Fig. 63
Tyre change: slacken the wheel bolts.
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