Wheel, Changing and Mounting

Wheel, Changing and Mounting

CAUTION!
The secure seating of the wheel bolts and the wheels is only ensured if the instructions and checks below are followed.

- Make sure the contact surfaces - arrows - on the brake disc are free from corrosion and dirt.





- Make sure the contact surfaces - arrow - on the brake disc center seat are free of corrosion and dirt.





- Make sure the contact surface - arrow - on the wheel inner side (rim) as well as the central seat in the rim is free of corrosion and dirt.





- The spherical caps * in the wheel bolt openings and the wheel bolt threads must likewise be free of corrosion, dirt, oil or grease.

* The spherical cap is the curved surface of a section of a sphere.

- Check whether the wheel bolts can be easily screwed in by hand. The threads of the wheel bolts must not touch the holes in the brake disc - arrow -.





If the thread of the wheel bolt touches the hole - arrow -, turn the brake disc relative to the wheel accordingly.

• If necessary, clean any dirt and corrosion, oil or grease off the surfaces and thread in the wheel hub and/or wheel bolts.

CAUTION!
Heavily corroded, difficult to turn or damaged wheel bolts must be replaced.

Wheel Mounting

- Coat the wheel centering seat with corrosion protection => [ Wheel Centering Seat, Protecting against Corrosion ] Wheel Centering Seat, Protecting against Corrosion.





1. When mounting a wheel, tighten all wheel bolts uniformly by hand.

2. Tighten the wheel bolts diagonally to 30 Nm.

3. Lower the vehicle to the floor and tighten diagonally all wheel bolts with the wrench to the specified wheel bolt tightening specification. Refer to => [ Tightening Specification for Mounting Wheels ] Tightening Specification For Mounting Wheels.

CAUTION!
Never use an impact wrench to install the wheel bolts!