Removal and Installation

Wheel and Tire





Removal
1. If equipped, remove the center cap.

2. CAUTION: Do not use beat 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 and 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 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.
2. Position the wheel and tire assembly and install the wheel nuts.
^ Tighten until snug.

3. 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. 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 to 135 Nm (100 ft. lbs.) in the sequence shown.
4. If removed, install the center cap.