freightliner Sprinter Operator's Manual

Flat tire
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Practical hints
E Clean the wheel and wheel hub contact
surfaces.
E Push the wheel onto the wheel hub and
press it on.
! If your vehicle is equipped with the tire pres-
sure monitor system, each wheel has an elec-
tronic component.
Tire mounting tools should not be applied in the
area of the valve, as this could damage the elec-
tronic components.
Only have the tires changed at an authorized
Sprinter Dealer.
Wheels with centering by wheel bolts:
1 Wheel bolt for light-alloy wheel
2 Wheel bolt for steel wheel
! The wheel bolts for steel wheel must be
used when mounting the steel spare wheel. The
use of any wheel bolts other than the wheel bolts
for steel wheel will physically damage the vehi-
cle's brakes.
E Screw in the wheel bolts and tighten
them finger-tight.
i On vehicles with light-alloy wheels, you will
find short wheel bolts suitable for the steel spare
wheel in the vehicle tool kit.
For wheels with wheel nuts:
E Center the wheel nut cover over the
wheel and push it onto the wheel.
E Screw on three wheel nuts over the fix-
ing discs of the wheel nut cover.
E Turn the wheel so that the wheel bolts
are in the center of the holes.
E Screw on the remaining wheel nuts.
E Tighten all wheel nuts finger-tight.
Lowering the vehicle
E Slowly open the jack's pressure re-
lease screw one turn using the pump
lever (
e page 254) and lower the vehi-
cle slowly.
E Put the jack to one side.
E Disconnect the rod with the smallest
diameter from the pump lever.
The shortened pump lever acts as the
wheel wrench extension.
E Slide the wheel wrench extension with
the medium rod along the wheel
wrench to the stop.
! Only use the medium rod and the rod with
the largest diameter from the jack's pump lever
as the wheel wrench extension. Only insert this
and the medium rod to the stop on the wheel
wrench. Otherwise, the rods can bend and be-
come so deformed that they can no longer be
used as the jack's pump lever.
O For safety reasons, we recommend that
you only use wheel bolts and wheel nuts
that have been approved for Sprinters.
Other wheel bolts or wheel nuts could
work loose.
G Warning
Do not tighten the wheel bolts and wheel nuts
completely while the vehicle is still jacked up.
The vehicle could tip.
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freightliner Sprinter Specifications

General

Brand	freightliner
Model	Sprinter
Category	Automobile
Language	English