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Loosening
• Fit the
wheel bolt wrench
over the wheel
bolt and push it down as far as it will go .
• Close your grip aro und the end of the
wrench handle for maximum torque and
turn the wheel bolts
counter-clockwise
about one single turn in the direction of ar-
row ¢ fig. 165.
Tightening
• Fit the
wheel bolt wrench
over the wheel
bolt and push it down as far as it will go.
• Close your gr ip around the end of the
wrench handle for max imum to rque and
turn each wheel bolt
clockwise
until it sits
t ight .
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WARNING
- Using force without cont rol to speed the
wheel change up can caus e the vehicle to
slip off the jack and cause se rious per-
sonal injuries.
- Do not loosen the wheel bolts more than
one turn before you raise the veh icle with
the jack. - Risk of injury!
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Tips
- Never try and use the hexagonal socket
in the handle of th e screwdriver to loos-
en or tighten the wheel bolts .
- If a whee l bolt sits 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,
hold on to the car to keep yourse lf stable
and take care not to slip.
What
do
I
do now?
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Raising the vehicle
The vehicle must be lifted with the jack first
before the wheel can be removed .
Fig. 166 Chang ing a w heel : mounting points for t he
jack
Fig. 1 67 Close-up: proper position ing of ja ck
• Apply the
parking brake
firmly to prevent
your vehicle from rolling unintentionally.
• Move the
selector lever to position P.
• Posit ion the jack below the door sill under
the
mounting point
that is closest to the
wheel to be changed ¢ fig. 166.
• Extend the
jack
under the lifting point on
the door sill until its arm is posit ioned di-
rectly under the lifting point ¢ .&_.
• Align the jack so that its arm ® ¢ fig. 167
engages in the designated lifting point in
the door sill and the movable base ® lies
flat on the ground. The base @ must be ver-
tical under the lifting point @ .
• Wind the jack up further until the flat tire
comes off the ground ¢
_&.
The jack must be installed
only
at the places
indicated ¢ fig. 166 . There is exactly one loca-
tion for each wheel. The jack must not be
positioned at any othe r location
¢
.&.
An
unstable surface
under the jack can cause
the vehicle to slip off the jack. Always provide .,._
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