Spare Wheel - Opel Automobile Owner's Manual

5. Unscrew wheel bolts completely
by turning anti-clockwise and
wipe clean with a cloth.
Put wheel bolts somewhere
where the threads will not be
soiled.
6. Change the wheel.
7. Screw in the wheel bolts.
8. Lower vehicle.
9. Tighten each wheel bolt in
a crosswise sequence. Tightening
torque is 140 Nm.
10. Refit wheel cover
11. Change the wheel.
12. Stow the replaced wheel 3 129
and the vehicle tools 3 121.
13. Have the new wheel balanced on
the vehicle. Check the tyre
pressure of the installed tyre
3 156 and also the wheel bolt
torque as soon as possible.
Have the defective tyre renewed or
repaired.

Spare wheel

Some vehicles are equipped with
a tyre repair kit instead of a spare
wheel 3 124.
Use of a spare wheel that is smaller
than the other wheels or together with
winter tyres could affect driveability.
Have the defective tyre replaced as
soon as possible.
The spare wheel is mounted under
the rear underbody and may be
secured using a security bolt that can
only be removed using the tool
supplied.
Vehicle care
9 Warning
Due to the weight of the tyre
assembly, exercise caution when
releasing the spare wheel carrier.
Do not fully remove bolt 1.
Support the spare wheel with
a suitable object to prevent the
wheel falling suddenly when
loosening the carrier bolts - risk of
injury!
It may be necessary to jack the
vehicle up to gain access to the spare
wheel on a fully loaded vehicle with
a flat rear tyre.
To release the spare wheel carrier,
loosen bolt 1, ensuring it is not fully
removed. Fully remove bolt 2, then
pull the carrier to the left, until it clears
bolt 1, and lower the carrier assembly.
When installing the wheel ensure that
the spare wheel carrier is correctly
positioned before tightening the bolts.
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