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07 Wheels and tyres
Changing wheels
Removing wheels
Set up the warning triangle if a wheel must be
replaced at a busy location. Make sure that
the car and jack are on a firm horizontal surface.
– Take out the spare wheel, jack and wheel
wrench, which are found under the carpet
in the cargo area.
– Apply the parking brake and engage first
gear, or position P if the car has an automatic
gearbox.
– Place chocks in front of and behind the
wheels which will remain on the ground.
Use heavy wooden blocks or large stones.
– Cars with steel rims have removable wheel
covers. Prize off the wheel cover with the
end of the wheel wrench, or pull it off by
hand.
– Loosen the wheel nuts ½–1 turn anticlockwise
with the wheel wrench.
– Two jacking points are located on each
side of the car. Wind down the jack’s base
so that it sits level on the ground. Check
that the jack is seated correctly in the
jacking point, as illustrated, and that the
base is located directly under it.
– Jack up the car high enough that the
wheel is clear of the ground. Remove the
wheel nuts and lift off the wheel.
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