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Changing a Flat Tire (CONT.)
8. Position the jack under the vehicle.
Raise the jack head until it fits firmly
into the notch
in the vehicle’s frame
nearest the flat tire.
Do not raise the
vehicle yet. Put the compact spare
tire near you. Raising your vehicle with
the jack
improperly positioned will damage
the vehicle or may allow the
vehicle to fall off
the jack. Be sure
to fit the jack lift head into the
proper location before raising your
vehicle.
Getting under a vehicle when
it is jacked
up is dangerous. If I II NOTICE the vehicie slips off the jack, you I could be badly injured or killed.
Never get under
a vehicle when it
is supported only by a jack.
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9. Raise the vehicle by rotating the
wheel wrench clockwise. Raise the
vehicle far enough off the ground
so
there is enough room for the spare
tire
to fit.
1 0. Remove all of the wheel nuts and, if
you have a wheel cover, use your
fingers to carefully pry the wheel
cover from the wheel. Then
take off
the flat tire.
