Cupra BORN 2024 - Loosening Wheel Nuts

Wheels and tyres
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Changing a wheel
Loosening the anti-theft wheel nut
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Remove the wheel trim or hub cap.
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Insert the special adapter ›››Fig.194
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(vehicle tools ›››page287) onto the anti-theft
wheel nut and push it on as far as it will go.
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Insert the wheel wrench (vehicle tools) onto
the adapter as far as it will go.
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Remove the wheel nut ›››page321.
Note
Make a note of the code number of the anti-
theft wheel nut and keep it in a safe place,
but not in your vehicle. If you need a new
adapter, you can obtain it from the special-
ised CUPRA service or the SEAT Oicial Serv-
ice, by giving the code number.
Loosening wheel nuts
Fig.195 Tyre change: loosen the wheel
nuts.
Use only the wheel wrench belonging to the
car to loosen the wheel nuts.
Loosen the wheel nuts only about one turn
before raising the vehicle with the jack.
If the wheel nut is very tight, carefully push on
the end of the wheel wrench with your foot.
Hold on to the vehicle for support and take
care not to slip during this operation.
Loosening wheel nuts
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Fit the box spanner into the bolt as far as it
will go ›››Fig.195.
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Hold the wrench at the end and rotate
the bolt approximately one turn anticlock-
wise››› .
Important information about wheel nuts
Factory-tted rims and wheel nuts are specially
matched during construction. Therefore, if dif-
ferent rims are tted, the correct wheel nuts
with the right length and heads must be used.
This ensures that wheels are tted securely
and that the brake system functions correctly.
In certain circumstances, you should not even
use wheel nuts from vehicles of the same
model.
WARNING
If the wheel nuts are not properly tightened,
they could come loose while driving and
cause an accident, serious injury and loss of
vehicle control.
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Use only wheel nuts which correspond to
the rim in question.
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Never use dierent wheel nuts.
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Wheel nuts and threads should be clean,
free of oil and grease, and it should be possi-
ble to screw them easily.
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To loosen and tighten wheel nuts, only use
the wheel wrench that came with the car
from the factory.
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The wheel nuts should only be loosened
slightly (about one turn) before raising the
vehicle with the jack. Risk of accident!
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Never apply grease or oil to wheel nuts or
to the wheel hub threads. Even if the bolts
have been tightened to the required torque,
they could come loose while driving.