8.Find the closest jacking point to the flat
tyre (refer to “Jacking up the vehicle” on page 8-13). Then position the jack and
raise the vehicle until the tyre is slightly off the ground.
9. Remove the wheel nuts with the wheel
nut wrench, then take the wheel off.CAUTIONl Handle the wheel carefully when changing
the tyre, to avoid scratching the wheel sur- face.
10. Clean out any mud, etc. on the hub sur-
face (C), hub bolts (D) or in the installa- tion holes (E) in the wheel, and then
mount the spare wheel.
WARNINGl Mount the spare wheel with the valve
stem (F) facing outboard. If you cannot see the valve stem (F), you have installed
the wheel backwards.
Operating the vehicle with the spare wheel installed backwards can cause vehi-
cle damage and result in an accident.
11. Finger-tighten the wheel nuts. (Turn
them clockwise.)
Vehicles with steel wheels
Tighten the wheel nuts (tapered nuts)
until the tapered parts of the wheel nuts make light contact with the seats of the wheel holes and the wheel is not loose.
With a spare wheel, tighten the wheel
nuts in the same way.
Vehicles with aluminium wheels
Tighten the wheel nuts (flange nuts) un-
til the flanges of the wheel nuts touch the wheel and the wheel is not loose.
Normal wheels and spare wheel
(aluminium wheels)
With a spare wheel, tighten the wheel
nuts until the tapered parts of the wheel nuts make light contact with the seats of the wheel holes and the wheel is not
loose.
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Spare wheel (steel wheels)
CAUTIONlNever apply oil to either the wheel bolts or
the nuts, or they will tighten too much.NOTEl Flange nuts can be temporarily used on the
spare wheel, but return to the original wheel and tyre as soon as possible.
l If all four aluminium wheels are changed to
steel wheels, use tapered nuts.
12. Lower the vehicle slowly and then tight-
en the nuts crisscross in 2 or 3 steps until
each nut has been tightened securely.
Tightening torqueSteel wheel: 137 to 157 Nm
Aluminium wheel: 118 to 137 Nm
(Achieved by applying a force at the
end of the wheel nut wrench supplied with the vehicle.
Steel wheel: 510 to 580 N
Aluminium wheel: 440 to 500 N)Five wheel nutsSix wheel nuts
CAUTIONl Never use your foot or a pipe extension for
extra force in the wheel nut wrench. If you
do so, you will tighten the nut too much.13. Lower and remove the jack, then store
the jack, jack handle, wheel nut wrench, flat tyre, and chocks. Have your dam-
aged tyre repaired as soon as possible.
14. Check your tyre inflation pressure. The
correct pressures are shown on the door label. See the illustration.CAUTIONl The tyre pressure should be periodically
checked and maintained at the specified pressure while the tyre is stowed.
l After changing the tyre and driving the vehi-
cle about 1,000 km (620 miles), retighten the
wheel nuts to make sure that they have not come loose.
l If the steering wheel vibrates when driving
after changing the tyre, we recommend you to have the tyres checked for balance.
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