Vehicle care 153Vehicles with Rear-wheel drive:Pay attention to the operatinginstructions supplied with thehydraulic jack and assemble theparts required as specified.Position the adapter at the jackinghole located nearest the wheelconcerned.Ensure the jack is positionedcorrectly. The jack head must belevel with the jacking hole. Pumpthe jack by pressing the wheelwrench, to position the base platecorrectly.Raise the vehicle by pressing thewheel wrench until the wheel isclear of the ground.4. Unscrew wheel bolts/nutscompletely and wipe clean with acloth.Put wheel bolts/nuts somewherewhere the threads will not besoiled.5. Change the wheel.6. Screw in the wheel bolts/nuts.7. Lower vehicle.8. Install the wheel wrench ensuringthat it locates securely and tighteneach wheel bolt/nut in a crosswisesequence. Tightening torque is:172 Nm (Front-wheel drive),235 Nm (Rear-wheel drive withtwin rear wheels), 264 Nm (Rear-wheel drive with single rearwheels).9. Refit wheel cover.10. Stow the replaced wheel 3 153and the vehicle tools 3 145.11. Have the new wheel balanced onthe vehicle. Check the tyrepressure of the installed tyre3 182 and also the wheel bolt/nuttorque as soon as possible.Have the defective tyre renewed orrepaired.Spare wheelSome vehicles are equipped with atyre repair kit instead of a spare wheel3 148.Use of a spare wheel that is smallerthan the other wheels or together withwinter tyres could affect driveability.Have the defective tyre replaced assoon as possible.The spare wheel is held under thevehicle frame using a winch andsecured by tightening a cable usingthe wheel wrench and adapter.It may be necessary to jack thevehicle up to gain access to the sparewheel on a fully loaded vehicle with aflat rear tyre.
