Mini CLUBMAN Owner's Manual page 270

MOBILITY
1. Hold the vehicle jack with one hand, ar-
row 1, and grasp the jack crank handle
or lever with your other hand, arrow 2.
2. Insert the jack into the rectangular re-
cess of the jacking point closest to the
wheel to be changed.
3. Extend the jack by turning the jack
crank handle or lever clockwise.
4. Take your hand away from the jack as
soon as the jack is under load and con-
tinue turning the jack crank handle or
lever with one hand.
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5. Make sure that the car jack foot stands
vertically and at a right angle beneath
the jacking point.
6. Make sure that the car jack foot stands
vertically and perpendicularly beneath
the jacking point after extending the ve-
hicle jack.
7. Crank the vehicle up, until the vehicle
jack is with the entire surface on the
ground and the relevant wheel is maxi-
mum 1.2 inches/3 cm above ground.
Mounting a wheel
Mount one emergency wheel only, as re-
quired.
1. Unscrew the lug bolts.
2. Remove the wheel.
3. Put the new wheel or emergency wheel
on and screw in at least two lug bolts in
a crosswise pattern until hand-tight.
If non-original light-alloy wheels of the
vehicle manufacturer are mounted, the
accompanying lug bolts may have to be
used as well.