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What
do I do now?
- Make sure that passengers wait in a
safe place away from the vehicle and
well away from the roadway and traffic.
- Make sure jack position is correct, ad-
just as necessary and then continue to
raise the jack.
CD
Note
A floor jack or the pads on the hoist arms
must
not
be positioned at the points
shown
-arrows-.
Taking the wheel off
Follow these instructions step-by-step for
changing the wheel.
Fig. 171 Wheel change: using the screwdriver handle
(with the blade removed) to turn the bolts
Fig. 172 Wheel change: alignment pin inside the top
hole
After you have loosened a ll wheel bolts and
raised the vehicle off the ground, perform the
following steps to remove and replace the
wheel:
Removing the wheel
,. Use the
hexagonal socket in the screwdriv-
er handle
to completely turn out the top-
most wheel bolt and set it aside on a
clean
surface
¢fig. 171 .
,. Screw the threaded end of the
alignment
pin
from the tool kit hand-tight into the
now vacant bolt hole¢
fig. 172.
,. Then completely unscrew the other wheel
bolts as described above.
,. Take off the wheel leaving the alignment
pin in the bolt hole.
Putting on the wheel
,. Lift the spare wheel and carefully slide it
over the alignment pin to guide it in place
¢(D.
,. Use the hexagonal socket in the screwdriver
handle to screw in and tighten all wheel
bolts
slightly.
,. Unscrew the alignment pin and insert and
tighten the remaining wheel bolt slightly
like the rest.
,. Turn the jack handle counter-clockwise to
lower the vehicle until the jack is fully re-
leased.
,. Use the wheel bolt wrench to tighten all
wheel bolts firmly¢
page 226.
Tighten
them
crosswise,
from one bolt to the (ap-
proximately) opposite one, to keep the
wheel centered.
CD
Note
When removing or installing the wheel,
the rim could hit the brake rotor and dam-
age the rotor. Work carefully and have a
second person help you.
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Tips
Never use the hexagonal socket in the han-
d le of the screwdriver to loosen or tighten
the wheel bolts.
- Pull the reversible blade from the screw-
driver before you use the hexagonal
socket in the handle to turn the wheel
bolts.
- When mounting tires with
unidirectional
tread design
make sure the tread pat-
tern is pointed the right way
¢page 229.
- The wheel bolts should be clean and easy
to turn. Check for dirt and corrosion on
the mating surfaces of both the wheel
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