Ferrari F430 SPIDER Owner's Manual page 95

Replacing a wheel
• Position the vehicle on a flat surface,
engage 1st gear and lock the rear wheels
by engaging the parking brake.
• If necessary, switch on the hazard lights
and after having put on the fluorescent
safety jacket, position the hazard triangle
at the required distance from the vehicle.
• Take the spare wheel and the tools out of
the luggage compartment detaching them
from the retaining belts.
• Loosen the five wheel fastening stud
bolts by approximately half a turn using
the wrench supplied.
• Place the base of the jack on flat firm
ground, in position with one of the
jacking points on the underfloor as
indicated in the figure by the arrows.
• Carefully jack up the vehicle until the
wheel is lifted off the ground.
4 - In an emergency
If the jack is not positioned correctly,
the vehicle could slip off.
The jack supplied must only be used for
replacing the wheels.
• Completely unscrew the five stud bolts
and remove the wheel.
• Fit the spare wheel and screw the five
stud bolts back on.
• Lower the vehicle and remove the jack.
• Fully tighten the stud bolts, alternately
going from one stud bolt to the
diagonally opposite one, in the order
shown in the figure.
• As soon as possible, secure the stud bolts
with the torque wrench, tightening them
to a torque of 100 Nm.
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