1998 CHEVROLET S10 Owners Manual

Changhg a Flat Tire.
If..& t.he goex flat,:avoid further. tire and wheel damage
by driving slowly to a-level place. Tm. on your -hazard
warning flashers.
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The. following step.s will tell you how :to use the j-ack and
change, a tire.
Removing the Spare Tire: and. Tools
The-jacking equipment you’ll need 1s stored inside the
plastic jack mver which is behind the.. froDt seats, either
on the center of the wall (extended cab) or -orithe
pawenger’s side of. the wall. (regular cab). I.
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This.is the jack cover for the extended cab. The-cover
for the re-gular
cab is. similar. To remove it, turn the
plastic winput to the left.. Remove the jack. cover;
Tm the wing nut to ‘the left and remove the wheel
blocks, jack .and whedwtench.
Your spare tire i-s- stored underneath the rear. of your
vehicle.
See “Compact Spare Tire” later in this section
for more information about the compact spare.
NOTICE:
Never remove or store a tire ffom/to a storage
p.osition under the vehicle whiIe the vehicle is
supported by a jack. Always tighten the tire
blly against the underside of the-vehicle when
storing it.
Insert the ehisel-end of
the wheel wrench, on-an
-an.gle,.into the hole in
Be sure the. c.hisel -end of the wheel wrench corinects
into
the hoist. shaft.
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Position the chisel end .of your wheel wrench, or the
optional
hub. cap rerncrval tool, in the notch of the hub
cap and pry
off the hub cap.
Some
of the -molded plastic hub caps have imitation
wheel nuts molded into them.
The. wheel wrench won't.
fit these imitation nuts, so! don't try to remove. them with
the. socket end
of the wheel wrench.
'If you have individual wheel nut caps that cover each
nut,
they must be removed in-order to -get to the wheel
nuts.
Use- the socket end of the wheel wrench to remove
the wheel nut caps.
Your wheel nut caps may-attach
your hub cap to the
wheel. Remove these wheel nut caps before you take
.off the hub cap.
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2. Turn the jack handl;e:"ta the right=%lightly to raise
the jgck. lift 'head.
A. Front Frame Hole.
B. Rear Ffarne Hole (ZR2)
C. Spring H.ager Hole (Standard Pickups)
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Getting under .a vehicle when it is jacked up- is
danger&s. If the vehicle slips:.off the,iack, you.
could.. b.e badly injured 0.r killed.-- Never get under
a vehicle. when it is supported o.nIy.by-a jack.
Raising your vehide with the jack improperly
positioned can damage the vehicle and. even
make, the vehicle fall. To help avoid personal
injary-xmd.-vehicle damage,
b.e sure- to^ fit. the jack
lift head. into the proper loation behe raising
the vehicle.
4. Raise the vehicle. by tuwning the jack handle to the
right. Raise the vehicle far en0u.g.h off the gfound so
there is enough- room f6r the spire. tire- Wfit.
5. Remove all the .wheel nuts rand take off the flat Tire.
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10, Use: the wrench to
tighten the wheel -nuts
Srmly in a crisscross
sequence as shown.
-9. Lower the vehicle. by turning. the jack handle to-the.
left. Lower the jack completely.
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Incorrect wh,eel nuts or improperly tightened
wheel nuts can cause the wheel to become loose
and even
come off. This could lead to an accident.
Be:sur& to use the corre.ct wheel nuts.
If you- have
tu-replace. them, be sure .to get. new GM.origina1
e-quipment wheel nuts.
Stop somewhere as soon-.as you 'can and have
the nuts tightened with a torque wrench to
100 lb-ft
(140 N'm).
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