Wheels and Tires: Service and Repair

Wheel and Tire





Front Tire





Rear Tire

Removal
1. Remove the wheel cap.

2. CAUTION: Do not use heat to loosen a seized wheel nut or damage to the wheel and wheel bearing can occur.

With the weight of the vehicle on the wheels, loosen the wheel nuts.
3. With the vehicle in NEUTRAL, position it on a hoist.
4. Remove the wheel nuts.
5. Remove the wheel and tire assembly.

Installation

1. WARNING: When installing a wheel and tire, make sure to remove any corrosion, dirt or foreign material present on the mounting surfaces of the wheel, wheel studs and brake disc. Installing a wheel without correct metal-to-metal contact at the mounting surfaces can cause the wheel nuts to loosen and the wheel to come off while the vehicle is in motion, causing loss of control.

NOTE: Clean the wheel mounting surfaces with grease meeting Ford specification ESB-M1C93-B (or equivalent) to the wheel hub bore before installation.

Install the wheel and tire assembly.

2. NOTE: Do not tighten the nuts at this time.

Install the wheel nuts.





3. WARNING: Using the sequence pattern, retighten at 800 km (500 miles) after any wheel change or any time the wheel nuts are loosened. Failure to retighten the wheel nuts at the mileage specified could allow the wheels to come off while the vehicle is in motion, possibly causing loss of control.

CAUTION: Failure to tighten the wheel nuts in a star pattern can result in high brake disc runout, which will speed up the development of brake roughness, shudder and vibration.

With the weight of the vehicle on the wheels, tighten the wheel nuts in the sequence shown.
- Tighten to 204 Nm (150 ft. lbs.).
4. Install the wheel cap.