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Taking the wheel off/installing the inflatable
spare tire
Follow these instructions step -by-step for changing the
wheel
Fig. 306 C han ging a
w heel : align ment pin
insid e the to p ho le
After you have loosened all wheel bolts and raised the
vehicle off the ground, remove and replace the w heel as
follows :
Removing the wh eel
- Remove the topmost wheel bolt complete ly and set it
aside on a clean surface.
- Screw the t hreaded end of the alignment pin from the
tool kit hand-tight into the empty bo lt hole ~ page 378,
fig. 306.
T hen remove the other wheel bolts as descr ibed above.
- Take off the wheel leaving t he alignment pin in the bolt
hole .
Putting on the inflatable spare tire
-Inflate the inflatable spare tire~ page 378 and push the
wheel over the alignment pin . - Sc
rew in and tighte n all wheel bolts slightly.
- Remove the a lignment pin and insert and tighten the
remaining wheel bolt slig htly like the rest.
- Tu rn the jack handle counter -c lockwise to lower the
veh icle until the jack is fully released.
Use the wheel bolt w rench to tighten a ll wheel bolts
firmly ~ page 376. Tighten them crosswise, from one
bolt to the (approximately) opposite one, to keep the
wheel centered .
[ i ] Tip s
• When mounting tires with un idi rect io n al t rea d de sign make sure
the tread pattern is pointed the right way =>
page 379.
• The whee l bolts should be clean and easy to turn. Check for dirt
and corrosion on the mating surfaces of both the wheel and the
hub . Remove a ll dirt from these surfaces before remounting the
wheel. •
Inflating inflatab le spare tire
- Remove the compressor from the luggage compartment
~ page 372, fig. 300.
- Unscrew the va lve stem f rom t he spare tire.
- Screw the ti re fi lier hose f rom the compress or firmly o nto
the valve of t he spare tire.
- Insert the plug from the comp ressor into a socket of the
veh icle ~ page 118.
- Sw itch the compressor on .
