Installing The Spare Tire - Lexus NX200t Owner's Manual

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8-2. Steps to take in an emergency

Installing the spare tire

Remove any dirt or foreign matter
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from the wheel contact surface.
If foreign matter is on the wheel contact
surface, the wheel nuts may loosen
while the vehicle is in motion, causing
the tire to come off.
Install the spare tire and loosely tighten each wheel nut by hand by approxi-
2
mately the same amount.
Vehicle with compact spare tire

Tighten the wheel nuts until the tapered
portion comes into loose contact with
the disc wheel seat.
Vehicle with full-size spare tire
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Turn the wheel nuts until the washers
come into contact with the disc wheel.
Install the wheel nut wrench in jack
3
handle.
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Tapered portion
Disc wheel
seat
Washer
Disc wheel