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Spare Tires and Tools
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Loosening Wheel Nuts
Before jacking the vehicle, be sure to loosen the
wheel nuts first.
Turn the wheel nuts counter-clockwise to loosen
them.
To get maximum torque, be sure to put the nut
into the wrench as shown in the figure above,
hold the end part of the wrench handle and pull
it upwards. But, be sure to NOT let the wrench
go off the nut.
Do NOT remove the nut. Instead, just loosen it
by approximately one turn.
Tips
Before lifting the vehicle using the
jack, only loosen the wheel nuts by one turn.
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The wheel assembly wrench provided with
the vehicle may be used to do the loosening.
Lifting Vehicle
Put the jack at the right lifting point. Be sure
that the jack is placed on flat, solid ground.
