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Wheel Changing and Mounting






Wheel Changing and Mounting

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.

Remove Any Dirt Or Corrosion If Necessary:

Oil or grease from the contact surfaces

Thread inside the wheel hub

Wheel bolt threads

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