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TYRES & RIMS
Removing the wheel bolts
Lifting the Vehicle
Lifting The Vehicle
Loosen all wheel bolts by using wheel wrench.
Remove them according to the shown gure.
Lift the vehicle by using a proper type of lift
device. Use lifting points shown above.
WARNING
•
Prior to lift the vehicle; do not loosen
the bolts completely and do not remove
them.
• Prior to lift the vehicle, discharge the
vehicle completely.
• When you change a wheel, remove any
rust or dirt from places where the wheel
attaches to the vehicle.
WARNING
Lifting a vehicle and getting under it to do
maintenance or repairs is dangerous without
the appropriate safety equipment and
training. The jack provided with your vehicle
is designed only for changing a at tyre. If it
is used for anything else, you or others could
be badly injured or killed if the vehicle slips
off the jack. Use the jack provided with your
vehicle only for changing a at tyre.
INFORMATION
When the vehicle is new or when the wheels
or fasteners are new, re-tighten wheel stud
nuts and rim clamp nuts with a torque wrench
at rst 250, 500 and 1000 kilometers.
Rust or dirt on a wheel, or on the parts to
which it is fastened, can make wheel nuts
become loose after a time.