Suzuki Jimny Manual page 383

NOTICE
Never apply a garage jack to the
exhaust pipe, front fender splash
guard, side sill splash, rear fender
splash guard, front differential or rear
differential.
NOTE:
For more details, contact a SUZUKI dealer.
Changing wheels
To change a wheel, use the following pro-
cedure:
1) Prepare the jack, tools and spare tyre.
2) Loosen, but do not remove the wheel
nuts.
3) Jack up the vehicle (follow the jacking
instructions in this section).
WARNING
• Shift into "P" (Park) for an automatic
transmission, or into "R" (Reverse)
for a manual transmission vehicle
when you jack up the vehicle.
• Never jack up the vehicle with the
transmission in "N" (Neutral). Oth-
erwise, unstable jack may cause an
accident.
4) Remove the wheel nuts and wheel.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
5) Clean any mud or dirt off from the sur-
face of the wheel (1), hub (2), thread
part (3) and surface of the wheel nuts
(4) with a clean cloth.
Clean the hub carefully; it may be hot
from driving.
EMERGENCY SERVICE
6) Install the new wheel and replace the
wheel nuts with their cone shaped end
facing the wheel. Tighten each nut
snugly by hand until the wheel is
securely seated on the hub.
Tightening torque for wheel nut
100 Nm (10.0 kg-m, 72.3 lb-ft)
7) Lower the jack and fully tighten the nuts
with a wheel wrench in numerical order
as shown in the illustration.
65J4033
78RB08003
7-4
78RB1-01E