Rear
Wheel and Tire-RearSpecial Tools:
Special Tool(s)
1. If installing a new wheel stud, remove the rear brake disc.
2. Remove the components in the order indicated in the following illustration and table. To remove individual components, only carry out the listed steps.
Part 1 Of 2:
Part 2 Of 2:
3. To install, reverse the removal procedure.
Item 1: Wheel Nuts Removal Note
1. 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.
2. With vehicle in NEUTRAL, position on a hoist.
Item 3: Wheel Stud Removal Note
1. Using the special tool, separate the wheel stud from the wheel hub flange.
Item 3: Wheel Stud Installation Note
1. If necessary, grind the head of the new wheel stud to a "D" shape to ease installation.
2. CAUTION: Do not use power tools to install the wheel stud. The serrations on the stud can be stripped.
NOTE: Do not use the wheel nut that came with the vehicle.
Install the wheel stud.
1. Place four flat washers on the wheel stud
2. Thread a wheel nut onto the wheel stud with the flat side against the washers
3. Tighten the wheel nut until the wheel stud seats against the flange
- Discard the nut and washers
Item 2: Wheel and Tire Assembly Installation Note
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 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.
Clean the wheel mounting surfaces.
Item 1: Wheel Nuts Installation Note
1. WARNING: 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.
Tighten the wheel nuts