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Emergency
assistance
Wheels with wheel bolt caps
Applies to vehicles: with whee
l
bolts wit
h
caps
The cops must be removed first from
the
wheel
bolts before the bolts con be unscrewed
.
Fig.
18
7
Changing
a
wheel:
rem
oving
t he
wheel
bolt
caps
Removing
•
Push the
plastic clip
provided with the vehicle
tool kit over t he wheel bolt cap unti
l
it
engages
.
• Pull
on
the
plastic clip
to remove
the
cap
¢
fig. 187
.
Refitting
•
Place the caps over the wheel bo
lt
s and push
them back on.
The caps are to protect and keep the whee
l
bolts
clean.
Loosening and tightening the wheel bolts
The wheel bolts must be
loosened
before raising
the vehicle.
Fig.
188
Changing
a
wheel:
loosening
the
wheel
bo
lts
Loosening
•
Install the
wheel bolt wrench
over the whee
l
bolt and push it down as
far
as
it
will go
.
232
•
Take tight hold of the
end
of
t he wrench hand le
and turn
the
wheel bolts
counter
-clockwis
e
about
one
single
turn in the direction of arrow
qfi
g. 188.
Tightening
•
Insta
ll
the
wheel bolt wrench
over the wheel
bolt and push
it
down as fa
r
as it will go
.
•
Take tight
hold of
the
end
of
the
wrench hand
le
and
turn each wheel bo lt
clockwise
until
it
is
seated.
A
WARNING
-
Do not use force or hurry whe
n
cha nging a
wheel - you can cause the veh icle to slip off
th
e
jack a nd cause serious persona
l
injuries
.
- Do not
loosen the wheel bo lts
more than
one turn
befo re you raise the vehicle with
th
e
jack. -
You
risk an
inju
ry.
(D
Tips
-
Never use
t
he hexagona
l
socket
in
the
han-
dle of the sc rewd
river
to loosen or tighten
t he whee
l
bolts
.
-
If a wheel bolt is very tight
,
you may find it
easier to loosen by carefully push ing down
on the end of the whee
l
bolt wrench with
one foot only.
As you do so, hold on to t he
car
t
o keep you
r
bala nce
an
d t
a
ke ca re
not
t
o slip.
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