Removal and Replacement

REMOVAL-TIRE AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY (ALUMINUM WHEEL)
1. Raise the vehicle so the tire and wheel assembly clears ground level.
2. Remove the 5 wheel mounting nuts from the studs.
3. Remove the tire and wheel from the hub.

REMOVAL-TIRE AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY (STEEL WHEEL)
1. Raise the vehicle so the tire and wheel assembly clears ground level.





2. Noting the location of the valve stem in relationship to the wheel mounting nuts, remove the three wheel mounting nuts securing the wheel cover to the wheel and hub.

CAUTION: When removing the wheel cover, do not pry the wheel cover from the wheel. This can result in damage to the wheel cover. The wheel cover is removed by pulling it off the wheel by hand.

3. Grasp the wheel cover at the edges in line with the remaining installed wheel mounting nuts and pull straight outward from the wheel. This will pop the wheel cover retaining tabs over the two remaining wheel nuts, removing the wheel cover from the vehicle.
4. Remove the two remaining wheel mounting nuts from the hub's studs.
5. Remove the wheel and tire from the hub.

INSTALLATION-TIRE AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY (ALUMINUM WHEEL)

NOTE: Never use oil or grease on studs or wheel mounting nuts.

1. Position the tire and wheel assembly on the wheel mounting studs using the hub pilot as a guide. Place and hold the wheel flush up against the mounting surface.





2. Loosely install all 5 wheel mounting nuts. Lightly snug the wheel nuts, then progressively tighten them in the proper sequence. Tighten wheel mounting nuts to 135 Nm (100 ft. lbs.).
3. Lower the vehicle.

INSTALLATION-TIRE AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY (STEEL WHEEL)

NOTE: Never use oil or grease on studs or wheel mounting nuts.

1. Position the tire and wheel assembly on the wheel mounting studs using the hub pilot as a guide. Place and hold the wheel flush up against the mounting surface.





NOTE: Wheel mounting nuts must be installed on the studs as shown to allow proper installation of the wheel cover.

2. Using the valve stem as an index placed at the 12 O'clock position, install and lightly tighten two wheel mounting nuts on the studs located at the 4 O'clock and 8 O'clock positions as shown.
3. Place the wheel cover on the wheel in the following fashion:
a. Align the valve notch in the wheel cover with the valve stem on the wheel.





b. At the same time, align the two holes in the wheel cover having the retaining tabs with the two installed wheel nuts.





c. Press in on center of wheel cover until wheel cover retaining tabs push past and engage rear of previously installed wheel mounting nuts. This will hold the wheel cover in place.

4. Install and lightly tighten the three remaining wheel mounting nuts, securing the wheel cover in place.
5. Progressively tighten all five wheel mounting nuts in the proper sequence. Tighten wheel nuts to a torque of 135 Nm (100 ft. lbs.).
6. Lower the vehicle.