Wheels and Tires: Service and Repair

Wheel and Tire

Material:

Removal

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

1. With the weight of the vehicle on the wheels, loosen the wheel nuts.
2. With the vehicle in NEUTRAL, position it on a hoist. For additional information, refer to Maintenance/Service and Repair.
3. Remove the 5 wheel nuts.
4. 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 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. Failure to follow these instructions may result in personal injury.

Clean the wheel mounting surfaces and apply a thin coat of silicone grease and dielectric compound to the wheel hub pilot surface (wheel only).
2. Install the wheel and tire assembly.

3. WARNING: Retighten the wheel nuts 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 a 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.

Install the 5 wheel nuts.
^ Tighten the wheel nuts in a star pattern.
^ Tighten to 133 Nm (98 ft. lbs.).