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Apply the electric parking brake manually.
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Move the front wheels to the straight-ahead
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position.
Vehicles with automatic transmission:
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shift into position j.
Vehicles with level control system: set the
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normal vehicle level (
page 219).
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Switch off the engine.
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Make sure that the engine cannot be started.
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Place chocks or other suitable items under
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the front and rear of the wheel that is diago‐
nally opposite the wheel you wish to change.
If necessary, remove the wheel trim/hub
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caps (
page 419).
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Raise the vehicle (
page 420).
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Removing and fitting the wheel trim/hub
caps
Requirements:
The vehicle is prepared for a wheel change
R
(
page 418).
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Wheel trim
The wheel trim covers the wheel bolts on vehi‐
cles with steel wheels. Before unscrewing the
wheel bolts, 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.
Internal use only
Wheels and tyres 419
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
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change tool kit on hub cap 1.
Position wheel spanner
3
on socket 2.
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Using wheel spanner 3, turn hub cap
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anti-clockwise and remove it.
To fit: follow the instructions above in
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reverse order.
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Specified tightening torque: 25 Nm.
2
from the tyre-
1
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