Mercedes-Benz C-Class Saloon Owner's Manual page 424

422 Wheels and tyres
Removing and fitting hub caps
Requirements:
The vehicle is prepared for a wheel change
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( page 421).
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Vehicles with steel wheels
The wheel trim covers the wheel bolts. Before
you can unscrew the wheel bolts, you must
remove the wheel trim.
To remove: using both hands, carefully reach
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into two wheel trim openings and remove the
wheel trim.
Plastic hub cap
To remove: turn the centre cover of the hub
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cap anti-clockwise and remove the hub cap.
To fit: make sure that the centre cover of the
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hub cap is turned anti-clockwise.
Position the hub cap and turn the centre
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cover clockwise until the hub cap engages
physically and audibly.
Aluminium hub cap
To remove: position socket 2
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1.
% The socket can be found in the tyre-change
tool kit.
Position wheel spanner
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Using wheel spanner 3, turn hub cap
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anti-clockwise and remove it.
To fit: position hub cap
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completely flush with the wheel.
Position socket
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Attach wheel spanner
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tighten the hub cap clockwise.
Specified tightening torque: 25 Nm.
Raise the vehicle (
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Raising the vehicle when changing a wheel
Requirements:
There are no persons in the vehicle.
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The vehicle has been prepared for a wheel
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change ( page 421).
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on hub cap
The hub caps have been removed
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( page 422).
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3 on socket 2.
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1 and turn until it is
2 on hub cap 1.
3 to socket 2 and
page 422).
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