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2. Remove the compact spare tire. See Compact
Spare Tire
on page 5-87 for more information
about the compact spare tire.
3. Turn the nut holding the jack counterclockwise and
remove it. Then remove the jack and wrench.
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Removing the Flat Tire and Installing
the Spare Tire
1.
2.
Using the wheel wrench, loosen all the wheel nuts.
Don’t remove them yet.
Turn the jack handle clockwise to raise the vehicle.
Raise the vehicle far enough
off the ground for the
spare tire to fit underneath the wheel well. Getting under a vehicle when
it is jacked up is
dangerous. If the vehicle
slips off the jack you
could be badly injured or killed. Never get under
a vehicle when
it is supported only by a jack.
Raising your
v icle with th _ack imp1 -1erly
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 location before
raising the vehicle.
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4. Remove any rust or dirt
from the wheel bolts,
mounting surfaces
and spare wheel.
3. Raise the vehicle by turning the jack handle
clockwise. Raise the vehicle far enough
off the
ground for the spare tire to fit underneath the wheel
well. Remove all wheel nuts and take
off the
flat tire.
I
Rust or dirt or. -.le 1 eel, or o parts to
which
it is fastened, can make the wheel nuts
become loose after 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 towel 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.
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Never use oil or grease on studs or nuts. If
you do, the nuts might come loose. Your wheel
could fall
off, causing a serious accident.
5. Place the spare on the wheel mounting surface.
6. Reinstall the wheel
nuts with the rounded
end
of the nuts
toward the wheel.
Tighten each nut
by hand until the
wheel
is held
against the hub. 7. Lower the vehicle by turning the jack handle
counterclockwise. Lower the jack completely.
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8. Tighten the wheel nuts
firmly in a crisscross
sequence
as shown.
9. Reinstall the wheel trim. If the vehicle has plastic
caps tighten them
by hand. With a wheel wrench.
tighten the plastic caps an additional quarter
turn clockwise.
I ~ ‘ect whe-- x improper tig..-med
wheel
nuts can cause the wheel to come loose
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 the
proper torque specification. See ”Capacities
and Specifications” in the Index for wheel nut
torque specification.
Notice: Improperly tightened wheel nuts can lead
to brake pulsation and rotor damage.
To avoid
expensive brake repairs, evenly tighten the wheel
nuts in the proper sequence and to the proper
torque specification. See “Capacities and
Specifications”
in the index for the wheel nut
torque specification.
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