Removal and Installation
Wheel and TireWheel and Tire:
Removal
1. If equipped, remove the center cap.
2. CAUTION: Do not use heat to loosen a seized wheel nut. Heat can damage the wheel and wheel bearings.
With the weight of the vehicle on the tires, loosen the wheel nuts.
3. With the vehicle in NEUTRAL, position it on a hoist.
4. CAUTION: Do not use heat to loosen a seized wheel because heat can damage the wheel and the wheel bearings. If the wheel cannot be removed by hand, use a wheel puller to remove the seized wheel.
Remove the wheel nuts and the wheel and tire assembly.
Installation
1. WARNING: When a wheel is installed, always remove any corrosion, dirt or foreign material present on the mounting surfaces of the wheel and the surface of the wheel hub, brake drum or brake disc that contacts the wheel. Installing wheels without correct metal-to-metal contact at the wheel 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. Failure to follow these instructions may result in personal injury.
NOTE: If there is significant corrosion of the nut or stud threads, lubricate the threads with a drop of oil prior to installation.
NOTE: When the wheel nuts are used to attach the mini-spare, and are correctly installed, the cone seat of the nut body will be in contact with the cone seat of the wheel. The washer on the nut will not be in contact with the wheel and will spin freely.
Clean the wheel and the wheel hub mounting surface.
2. Position the wheel and tire assembly and install the wheel nuts.
^ Tighten until snug.
3. WARNING: Retighten at 80 km (50 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. Failure to follow these instructions may result in personal injury.
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 135 Nm (100 ft. lbs.).