1996 FORD EXPLORER spare tire location

Roadside Emergencies
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[RE05000(ALL)01/95]
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drive through an automatic car wash with this tire. Because
the temporary spare tire is smaller than a conventional tire,
it reduces the ground clearance. Your vehicle may get caught
in the rails and it could be damaged.
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[RE05100(ALL)03/95]
Spare Tire Location
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[RE05250(ALL)06/94]
The spare tire for your vehicle is stowed at the rear under the
frame.
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[RE05550( X)03/91]
To remove the spare tire:
[RE05650( X)10/94]1.
Open the liftgate. Assemble the jack handle (stowed behind
the rear seats under the carpet) to the lug wrench (stowed in
driver's side rear quarter trim panel). Insert drive section of
the handle into the actuator hole and turn counterclockwise
until the cable is slack enough to allow the spare tire to be
pulled rearward from under the vehicle.
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[RE05700( X)10/94]2.
Slide the spare tire to the rear and remove the retainer from
the wheel.
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[RE05850( X)10/94]3.
To stow the cable/retainer with spare removed, turn jack
handle wrench clockwise until slack is removed.
[RE05875( X)10/94]
7-1/2 pica art:0021216-A
Assembling the jack handle
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[RE05950( X)02/95]
27-1/2 pica art:0020558-F
The spare tire location and assembly
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[RE06050( X)03/91]
To stow spare tire:
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[RE06150( X)10/94]1.
Insert the jack handle or lug nut wrench into the actuator
hole and turn counterclockwise until the cable/retainer is
extended for insertion into the wheel.
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[RE14815( X)09/95]
Explorer Limited 4x2/4x4
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[RE15100(ALL)05/95]
RWARNING
Make sure the spare tire and jacking equipment are
stowed and secured in the proper storage location.
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[RE15200(ALL)03/95]
Preparing to Change the Tire
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[RE15250(ALL)12/91]
NOTE: To lift your vehicle by other than the front or rear
jacking points, be sure to use only hoist adapters with
a wide contact surface.
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[RE15300(ALL)03/91]1.
Make sure that your vehicle will not move or roll. If you
have an automatic transmission, put the gearshift in Park. If
you have a manual transmission, put the gearshift in
Reverse. Set the parking brake and block the wheel that is
diagonally opposite the tire that you are changing.
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[RE15335(ALL)12/91]
NOTE: Make sure the ignition is in the OFF position.
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[RE15390(ALL)05/95]
When one of the back wheels is off the ground, the transmission
alone will not prevent the vehicle from moving or slipping off
the jack, even if the vehicle is in P (Park) or 1 (First). To
prevent the vehicle from moving when you change a tire, be
sure the parking brake is set, then block the wheel (both
directions) that is diagonally opposite (other side and end of the
vehicle) to the tire that is being changed.
[RE15400(ALL)05/95]
RWARNING
If the vehicle slips off the jack, someone could be
seriously injured.
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[RE15550(ALL)03/95]2.
Get out the spare tire and jack.
[RE16050( X)01/95]
The jack is stowed behind the driver's side, rear quarter trim
panel. Remove the quarter trim panel cover to get to it. The lug
nut wrench is attached to the inside of the quarter trim panel
cover. Stowed along with the jack is a jacking/tire changing
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Servicing Your Explorer
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[SV26850( X)04/94]
17-1/2 pica
art:0021075-B
Tire rotation pattern
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[SV26900(ALL)10/89]
After each rotation, adjust individual tire pressure as specified
on the Safety Compliance Certification Label. Tighten wheel lug
nuts to the required torque specification and retighten again
after 500 miles (800 km).
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[SV27000(ALL)08/95]
If your vehicle has aluminum wheels, you may demount the full
size, non-temporary spare tire (if so equipped) and remount on
an aluminum wheel to rotate the spare tire into your vehicle's
rotation pattern. Rebalance the wheel.
[SV27050( X)01/95]
In addition to rotating the tires, the spare tire retention system
should be cycled. Using the jack handle, lower the spare tire to
the ground and then proceed to raise the tire until the
mechanism ªslips.º Refer toSpare Tire Locationsection of the
Roadside Emergencieschapter for the operation of the spare tire
retention system.
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