Dodge 2007 Sprinter, Owner'S Manual

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Practical hints
Flat tire
5
Wheels with centering by wheel bolts:
Screw in the wheel bolts and tighten
them finger-tight.
1
Wheel bolt for light-alloy wheel
2
Wheel bolt for steel wheel
or wheels with wheel nuts:
For wheels with wheel nuts:
Center the wheel nut cover over the
wheel and push it onto the wheel.
Screw on the wheel nuts and tighten
them finger tight.
Lowering the vehicle
Slowly open the jack’s pressure release
screw one turn using the pump lever
( page 322) and lower the vehicle
slowly.
Put the jack to one side.
Tightening torque pattern
1
–
6
Wheel bolts
Tighten all the wheel bolts and wheel
nuts evenly in the sequence indicated.
As an extension for the wheel wrench,
use the shaft from the jack’s 3-part
pump lever that has the largest diame-
ter.
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On vehicles with light-alloy wheels, you
will find short wheel bolts suitable for
the steel spare wheel in the vehicle tool
kit.
N40.10-2175-31
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Screw on the three wheel nuts that
hold the wheel nut cover first.
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CAUTION
The tightening torque is:
for wheel bolts 177 lb-ft (240 Nm)
(steel wheel)/133 lb-ft (180 Nm)
(light-alloy wheel).
for wheel nuts 133 lb-ft (180 Nm)