Mercedes-Benz G-Class, Owner'S Manual

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Fitting the wheel
After changing a wheel:
X
Secure the damaged wheel on the spare
wheel bracket with wheel nuts
:
. When
doing so, make sure that the wheel cannot
come loose.
X
Cover the wheel with the tyre protection
cover.
X
For safety reasons, regularly check to
ensure that the wheel is securely fastened.
Spare wheel carrier under the vehicle
General notes
i When changing a wheel, you should also
observe the safety notes in the "Flat tyre"
section (
Y
page 159).
The spare wheel is on the outside, under the
vehicle on the left behind the cab.
Folding up the underride guard
X
Remove four bolts
:
using the two-piece
wheel wrench (size 19) from the vehicle
tool kit (
Y
page 155).
X
Fold up underride guard
;
.
X Screw one of bolts
:
back in.
Underride guard
;
is secured and cannot
fold down again.
Removing the spare wheel
! Always pull the spare wheel carrier as far
forwards as possible before folding it down.
Otherwise, the exhaust pipe could be dam-
aged.
X
Remove bolt
?
.
X
Pull spare wheel carrier
=
as far forwards
as it will go.
X
Fold down spare wheel carrier
=
.
When doing so, make sure that spare wheel
A
does not press against exhaust pipe
B
.
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