Trailing Axle With Air Suspension; Steered Trailing Axle; Removing A Wheel; Fitting A Wheel - Mercedes-Benz Actros Operating Instructions Manual

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Position the jack under the axle tube,
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between the mounting brackets.

Trailing axle with air suspension

Position the jack under the jack support point
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on the air suspension support.

Steered trailing axle

Position the jack so that the jack plunger is
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centrally located under the axle carrier.

Removing a wheel

1 To loosen
2 To tighten
Using the wheel wrench, loosen 1 the wheel
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nut covers and remove them.
Unscrew the wheel nuts that secure wheel
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nut cover 1.
Remove wheel nut cover 1.
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Remove the remaining wheel nuts.
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Remove the wheel.
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Vehicles with 14.00 R 20 twin tyres: remove
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the wheel nuts for the inner wheel from the
connecting flange and then remove the con‐
necting flange.
Vehicles with 14.00 R 20 twin tyres: remove
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the inner wheel.

Fitting a wheel

* NOTE Damage to wheel nuts or wheel
studs
Do not tighten the wheel nuts or wheel
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studs with an impact wrench. They
could be damaged as a result.