Tightening
• Fit the wheel bolt wrench over t he wheel
bolt and push it down as far as it will go .
• Close your grip aro und the
end of the
wrench handle for maximum torque and
turn each whee l bolt
clockwise unt il it sits
tight.
A WARNING
- Using force without control to speed the
wheel change up can cause the veh icle to
slip off the jack and cause serious per-
sonal injuries.
- Do not loosen the wheel bolts more than
one turn
before you raise the veh icle with
the jack. - Risk of injury!
@ Tips
- Never t ry and use the hexagonal socket
in the handle of the screwdriver to loos-
en or tighten the wheel bolts .
- If a wheel bolt sits very t ight, you may
find it easie r to loosen by carefully push-
ing down on the end of the whee l bolt
wre nch with
one foot only. As you do,
hold on to the car to keep yourse lf stable
and ta ke care not to slip.
Raising the vehicle
The vehicle must be li~ed with the jack first
before the wheel can be removed .
Fig. 185 Wheel change: mount ing points for the lifting
jack
What do I d o now ? 239
Fig. 186 Close-up: proper position ing of lifting jack
• Activate the parking brake so the veh icle
will not roll unintentionally .
• Shift into
1st gear on vehicles with manual
transm iss ion, or move the
selector lever to
the P position
on vehicles with automatic
transm ission .
• Posit ion the jack below the door sill under
the
mounting point that is closest to the
wheel to be changed
r=> fig. 185.
• Turn the jack handle clockwise unt il the jack
arm just fits underneath the rib running
along the underbody
c::> & ..
• Align the jack so that the jack arm claw
c:;, fig. 186 @ fits snugly around the unde r-
body rib and the movab le base plate ® sits
flat on the ground. The base @ must be
ver-
tical
under the lifting point @ .
• Wind the jack up further until the flat wheel
comes off the ground
c::> .& ..
Recesses at the front and rear of the under-
body rib mark the proper mo unting locations
for the jack
c:;, fig. 185 . There is only one des-
ignated jack mounting point for each wheel.
Do not apply the jack anywhere else c::> .&..
The jack shou ld be positioned approximate ly
6 in. (15 cm) behind the front wheel or 10 in.
(25 cm) in front of the rear wheel.
An
unstable surface under the jack can cause
the vehicle to slip off the jack . Always provide
a firm base for the jack on the ground . If nec-
essary place a sturdy board or sim ilar support
under the jack. On
hard, slippery surfaces
(such as tiles) use a rubber mat or similar to
prevent the jack from slipp ing
c::> .&.. .,.
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