Ford Five Hundred 2005 Owner's Manual page 143

Tires, Wheels and Loading
4. Put the jack in the jack notch
next to the tire you are changing.
Turn the jack handle clockwise until
the wheel is completely off the
ground.
5. Remove the lug nuts with the lug wrench.
6. Replace the flat tire with the spare tire, making sure the valve stem is
facing outward. Reinstall the lug nuts until the wheel is snug against the
hub. Do not fully tighten the lug nuts until the wheel has been lowered.
7. Lower the wheel by turning the jack handle counterclockwise.
8. Remove the jack and fully tighten
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the lug nuts in the order shown.
Refer to Wheel lug nut torque
specifications later in this chapter
3 4
for the proper lug nut torque
specification.
9. Install the wheel cover (if
equipped). The wheel cover will
5 2
only install if the Ford/Mercury logo
is aligned over the valve stem on the
wheel.
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