1996 GMC SAVANA Owners Manual

Removing the Spare Tire and Tools
The following steps will tell you how to use the jack and
change a
tire.
Your spare tire is stored underneath the rear of your
vehicle. You
will use the ratchet and extension to lower
the spare tire.
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NOTICE:
Never remove or restore a tire frodto a stowage
position under the vehicle while the vehicle
is
supported by a jack. Always tighten the tire
fully against the underside of the vehicle
when restowing
If you have a vehicle which was completed from a cab
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A flat rear tire reduces clearance to remove the spare
tire. If there is less than 12 inches
(30.48 cm) between
the ground and
the rear bumper or any trailer hitch, jack
up the vehicle until the flat tire is off the ground.
(See “Removing the Flat Tire” and “Installing the
Spare Tire,” Steps
4 through 8, in this section.)
Unless your vehicle has a flat rear tire,
do not remove or
restore a tire from/to
a stowage position under the
vehicle while the vehicle is supported by a jack. Always
tighten the tire
fully against the underside of the vehicle
when restowing. and
chassis, refer
to the information from the body
supplier/installer.
The spare tire is
a full size tire, like the other tires on
your vehicle.
For cargo vans, the jack
is secured
in the rear
passenger side corner
of the vehicle.
Remove the retaining wing bolt and
lift it off the
mounting bracket. Set the jack and jacking equipment
near the
flat tire.
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Attach the ratchet, with the DOWN side facing you, to
the extension. The extension has a socket end and a flat
chisel end.
Put the flat end of the extension on an angle through the
hole in the rear door frame, above the bumper. Be sure
the flat end connects into the hoist shaft.
Turn the ratchet counterclockwise to lower the spare tire
to the ground.
If you are changing a flat rear tire and the
vehicle is already jacked up, use the jack handle and
extension to hook the cable. Then pull the spare from
beneath the vehicle.
If the retainer pulls out, hook the inside
of the wheel and pull the
spare tire out from under
the vehicle.
When the tire has been lowered, tilt the retainer at the end
of the cable and pull it through the wheel opening.
NOTICE:
To help avoid vehicle damage, do not drive
vehicle before the cable is restored.
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Jacking Tool Storage
A. Socket
B. Jack Handle
C. Ratchet
D. Jacking Tool Storage Box
c. Jack Handle Extension
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The tools you'll be using include the jack (A), jack
handle extension
(B), jack handle (C), socket (D) and
the ratchet (E).
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Removing the Wheel Covers and Locking
Wheel
P
I. You will need to take oft' the wheel nut caps to reach
your wheel nuts.
2. Loosen the plastic nut caps with the ratchet and
socket and remove them. Make sure the DOWN
side faces you.
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3. Remove the center cap.
le F1; ire and Installing the
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2. The jack has a bolt on the end. Attach the socket end
of the extension to the jack bolt.
Attach the ratchet to the extension
with the UP side
facing
you.
3. Rotate the ratchet clockwise. That will raise the jack
lift head a little,
Front Position
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