Installation - Tire And Wheel Assembly (Steel Wheel) - Chrysler 2004 Concorde Service Manual

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TIRES/WHEELS (Continued)
Fig. 13 Tightening Sequence
INSTALLATION - TIRE AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY
(STEEL WHEEL)
NOTE: Never use oil or grease on studs or wheel
mounting nuts.
(1) Position the tire and wheel assembly on the
wheel mounting studs using the hub pilot as a guide.
Place and hold the wheel flush up against the mount-
ing surface.
NOTE: Wheel mounting nuts must be installed on
the studs as shown (Fig. 14) to allow proper instal-
lation of the wheel cover.
(2) Using the valve stem as an index placed at the
12 O'clock position, install and lightly tighten two
wheel mounting nuts on the studs located at the 2
O'clock and 10 O'clock positions as shown (Fig. 14).
(3) Place the wheel cover on the wheel in the fol-
lowing fashion:
(a) Align the valve notch in the wheel cover with
the valve stem on the wheel.
(b) At the same time, align the two holes in the
wheel cover having the retaining tabs with the two
installed wheel nuts (Fig. 15).
(c) Press in on center of wheel cover until wheel
cover retaining tabs push past and engage rear of
previously installed wheel mounting nuts (Fig. 15).
This will hold the wheel cover in place.
Fig. 14 Two Wheel Mounting Nuts Installed
1 - VALVE STEM
2 - NUTS
3 - HUB
4 - WHEEL
Fig. 15 Wheel Cover Installation Over Two Nuts
1 - RETAINING TABS
2 - VALVE STEM
3 - WHEEL COVER
(4) Install and lightly tighten the three remain-
ing wheel mounting nuts, securing the wheel cover in
place (Fig. 12).
(5) Progressively tighten all five wheel mounting
nuts in the proper sequence (Fig. 16). Tighten wheel
nuts to a torque of 135 N·m (100 ft. lbs.).
(6) Lower the vehicle.
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