Suzuki Jimny, Manual

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EMERGENCY SERVICE
78RB1-01E
NOTE:
For more details, contact a SUZUKI dealer.
Changing wheels
To change a wheel, use the following pro-
cedure:
1) Prepare the jack, tools and spare tyre.
2) Loosen, but do not remove the wheel
nuts.
3) Jack up the vehicle (follow the jacking
instructions in this section).
4) Remove the wheel nuts and wheel.
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5) Clean any mud or dirt off from the sur-
face of the wheel (1), hub (2), thread
part (3) and surface of the wheel nuts
(4) with a clean cloth.
Clean the hub carefully; it may be hot
from driving.
6) Install the new wheel and replace the
wheel nuts with their cone shaped end
facing the wheel. Tighten each nut
snugly by hand until the wheel is
securely seated on the hub.
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Tightening torque for wheel nut
100 Nm (10.0 kg-m, 72.3 lb-ft)
7) Lower the jack and fully tighten the nuts
with a wheel wrench in numerical order
as shown in the illustration.
NOTICE
Never apply a garage jack to the
exhaust pipe, front fender splash
guard, side sill splash, rear fender
splash guard, front differential or rear
differential.
WARNING
• Shift into “P” (Park) for an automatic
transmission, or into “R” (Reverse)
for a manual transmission vehicle
when you jack up the vehicle.
• Never jack up the vehicle with the
transmission in “N” (Neutral). Oth-
erwise, unstable jack may cause an
accident.
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(4)
(1)
(3)