Installation

Steel Wheel

INSTALLATION
1) Remove dirt from the mating surface of the wheel and brake rotor.
2) Attach the wheel to the hub by aligning the wheel bolt holes with the hub bolts.
3) Temporarily attach the wheel nuts to the hub bolts. (In the case of aluminum wheels, use SUBARU genuine wheel nuts for aluminum wheels.)
4) Tighten the nuts by hand, making sure the wheel hub hole is aligned correctly to the guide portion of hub.
5) Tighten the wheel nuts in a diagonal selection to the specified torque. Use a wheel nut wrench.
Wheel nut tightening torque: 100 N-m (10.2 kgf-m, 73.8 ft-lb)

CAUTION:
^ Tighten the wheel nuts in two or three steps by gradually increasing the torque on opposing nuts, until they reach the specified torque. For drum brake model, excess tightening of wheel nuts may cause wheels to "judder".
^ Do not push the wrench by foot. Always use both hands when tightening the nuts.
^ Make sure the bolt, nut and the nut seating surface of the wheel are free from oil.

6) If a wheel is removed for replacement or for repair of a puncture, retighten the wheel nuts to the specified torque after driving 1,000 km (600 miles).