Seat Leon - Page 46

Emergencies
Integral wheel trim
Fig. 35
Remove the wheel cover.
The wheel covers must be removed for ac-
cess t
o the wheel nuts.
R
emo
ving
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Take the wheel brace and the wire hook
from the vehicle tool kit
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Hook the wire through one of the grooves of
the trim.
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Insert the box spanner through the hook,
rest it on the tyre and remove the wheel trim
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Fig. 35.
Fitting
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Press the trim against the wheel so that the
hole for the valve fits over the tyre valve.
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Make sure that the trim is correctly fitted all
the way around the wheel. If you are using an
anti-theft wheel lock, screw it in the opposite
position to the valve.
Wheel bolt caps*
Fig. 36 Wheel: wheel nuts with caps.
Removal
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Fit the plastic clip (vehicle tools
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Fig. 33)
over the cap until it clicks into place
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Fig. 36.
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Remove the cap with the plastic clip.
The caps protect the wheel nuts and should
be remounted after changing the tyre.
The anti-theft wheel locking bolt has a
special cap. This only fits on anti-theft locking
bolts and is not for use with standard wheel
nuts.
Anti-theft wheel nuts
Fig. 37
Anti-theft wheel bolt with cap and
adapt
er
.
Loosening the anti-theft wheel bolt
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Remove the wheel cover* or the cap*.
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Insert the special adapter
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Fig. 37
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(ve-
hicl
e t
ool
s
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page 40) onto the anti-theft
wheel bolt and push it on as far as it will go.
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Insert the wheel brace (vehicle tools) onto
the adapter as far as it will go.
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Remove the wheel bolt
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Note
Make a note of the code number of the an-
ti-theft wheel bolt and keep it in a safe
pl
ace, but not in your vehicle. If you need a
new adapter, you can obtain it from the
SEAT Official Service, indicating the code
number.
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