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What
do
I
do n o w ?
- Support the vehicle securely with ap -
propriate stands if work is to be per -
formed underneath the vehicle;
otherw ise, there is a potential risk for
in
Jury.
- To help preven t injury to yourself and
your passengers:
- Do not raise t he vehicle unti l you a re
sure the jack is sec urely e ngaged .
- Passengers mus t not rema in in the ve-
hicle when it is jacked up .
- Make sure that passengers wait in a
safe p lace away from the vehicle and
well away from the road and traffic.
- Make sure jack posi t ion is correct, ad-
just as necess ary and then contin ue to
raise the jack .
- Changes in temperature
or load can af-
fect the height of the vehicle .
0
Note
Do not lift the vehicle by the s ill. Pos ition
the vehicle jack only at t he designated lift-
ing poi nts on the sill. Othe rwise, your vehi-
cle will be damaged .
Taking the wheel off/installing the spare
Follow these instructions step-by-step for
changing the wheel.
Fig. 172
Chang ing a whee l: using th e screwd river ha n-
dle (with th e blade re moved) t o t urn the bolts
Fig. 1 73
Cha ng ing a wheel : alignment pin inside th e
top hole
After you have loos e ned all wheel bo lts and
raised the vehicle off the ground, remove and
replace the wheel as follows :
Removing the wheel
.,. Use the
hexagon al socket in the screwdriv-
er handle
to completely remove the top-
most whee l bolt and set it aside on a
clean
surfac e
Q
fig. 172 .
.,. Screw the threaded end of the
alignme nt
pin
from the t ool kit hand-t ight into t he
empty bol t hole
Q fig. 173.
.,. Then remove the other wheel bolts as de -
scr ibed above .
.,. Take off the whee l leaving the a lignment pin
in t he bo lt ho le
Q(J).
Putting on the comp act sp are wheel
.,. Lift the spare whee l and carefully s lide it
over the alignment pin to guide it in place
Q(J) .
.,. Use the hexagonal socket in the screwdriver
handle to screw in a nd tighten a ll whee l
bolts
slightly .
.,. Remove the alignment pin and insert and
tighten the rema ining whee l bolt slightly
like the rest .
.,. Turn the jack handle counter -clockwise to
lower t he vehicle until the jack is fully re-
leased .
.,. Use the wheel bolt wrench to tighten all
wheel bo lts firmly
Q
page 250 .
Tighten
them
crosswise ,
from one bolt to the (ap-
proximately) opposite one, to keep the
wheel cente red.
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