1998 BUICK PARK AVENUE Owners Manual

I. Use the wheel wrench to loosen the wheel nuts, but
don’t. remove them yet.
2. The jack has a bolt at the
end.
Attach the wheel
wrench
to the bolt to
create a jack handle.
3. Rotate the wheel wrench to the left to lower the jack
head until it fits under the vehicle.
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4. Near each wheel well is a KIO~C~ in the plastic trim
panel to position the jack head. You’ll find the word
JACK and an amow stamped into the plastic near
each
notch. Position the jack under the vehicle and
raise the
jack head until it fits firmly against the
sheet metal
next to the word JACK. Do not raise the
vehicle yet. Put
the compact spare tire near you.
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Raising your vehicle with the jack improperly
positioned can damage the vehicle and even
make
the vehicle fall. To help avoid personal
injury and vehicle damage, be sure to fit the jack
lift head into the proper lo~ation before raising
the vehicle.
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5. Raise the vehicle by rotating the wheel wrench to
the right in the jack. Raise the.vehicle far enough
off the ground so there is enough room for the spare
tire to fit.
6. Remove all she wheel nuts and take off the flat tire.
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7. Remove my rust or Girt
from the wheel bolts,
aoundng surfaces and
spare wheel.
CAUTION:
Rust or dirt on the wheel, OB" on the parts to
which it is fastened, can make the wheel nuts
become Boose dter a time. The wheel could come
off and cause an accident. When YOU change a
wheel, remove any rust or dirt from the places
where the wheel attaches to the vehicle. In an
emergency, you can use a cloth or a paper dowel
to
do this; but be sure to use a scraper or wire
brush later, if you need to, to get all the rust or
dirt
off.
Never use oil or grease on studs OF nubs. If yon
do, the nuts might come EOQS~. YQUF wheeI could
fajI off, causing a serious accident.
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9. Lower the vehicle by rotating the wheel wrench to
the left. Lower the jack completely.
10. Using the wheel
wrench,
tighten the
wheel nuts fdy in a
Incorrect wheel nuts or improperly tightened
wheel nuts
can cause the wheel to become ~cocpse
and even come off. This could lead to an accident.
Be
sure to use the correct wheel nuts. If you have
to replace them, be sure to get new GM original
equipment wheel nuts.
Stop somewhere
as soon as you can and have the
nuts tightened with a torque wrench to PO0 lb-ft
(140 Nem).
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SPARE TIRE COVER
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The compact spue tire is for temporaw use only.
Replace the compact spare tire with a ?dl-size tire as
soon as you can. See "Compact Spare Tire" later in
this section.
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‘Fire chains won’t fit your compact spare. Using
them caw damage your vehicle and can damage
the chains too. Don’t use tire chains on your
eomp?act spare.
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