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CHANGING WHEELS
Changing a tire on the road is certainly not pleasant. However, it will be
easier after you have read these few lines which tell you the correct way.
1 - Set the handbrake securely and block
the wheel opposite the one to be re-
moved to prevent the vehicle from shift-
ing off the jack.
2- Insert jack into the square tube below
the body and turn the hexagon head
until the foot touches the ground.
3 - Remove wheel cap with cap removal
tool.
4 - Loosen wheel bolts with the socket
wrench before wheel is fully jacked up.
5- Raise vehicle until tire clears ground.
6- Remove wheel bolts and take off wheel.
7 - When reinstalling
the wheel, operate
the jack until the five holes in the wheel
are nearly lined up with the holes in the
brake drum.
8- First, insert one wheel bolt only.
T
ighten
it enough to allow the wheel to be
swung around this point by hand, until
the remaining holes in the wheel and
brake drum coincide.
9 - Insert and tighten the remaining bolts
until the countersunk heads of the five
bolts are centered in the corresponding
recesses of the wheel.
10 - Tighten all bolts diametrically opposite in tum.
11 - Lower the vehicle, remove jack and make sure that all bolts are tight.
12- Install wheel cap firmly and make sure that it is tightly seated.
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