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SECTION 3
IN CASE OF DRIVING EMERGENCY
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
Before trying to change either the front or rear
tires, follow these precautions:
1. Park vehicle on level surface only.
2. Turn off engine and set parking brake.
3. Turn on hazard warning flasher.
4. Block both front and back of tire on opposite
side of vehicle from wheel to be removed.
5. On soft ground, use a board or other material
under jack as a firm base to ensure that the
jack will not shift.
JACKING POINTS ON VEHICLE
Workhorse:
See your chassis manual for speci-
fied jacking points.
FRONT WHEEL
Before trying to remove the front wheel, ob-
serve the above safety precautions, then follow
the procedure below:
Removal
1. Place jack under jacking point specified by
chassis manufacturer. See
Jacking Points
above. Position jack so it may be operated
without placing your body beneath vehicle.
2. Screw jack extension pad out (up) until it
touches jacking point surface.
3. Begin jacking until jack is firmly positioned
and just begins to bear weight, but
do not
lift
tire off the ground.
4. “Crack” wheel nuts loose with lug wrench,
but do not unscrew nuts yet.
5. Resume jacking until wheel is free of
ground.
6. Remove wheel nuts and wheel; put spare
wheel in place.
Remounting
1. Remount wheel onto lug bolts.
2. Install wheel nuts and tighten as much as
possible with wheel and tire off the ground.
3. Lower tire until tire just contacts the ground.
Tighten nuts with lug wrench in sequence
recommended by chassis manufacturer.
4. Finish lowering jack, then remove jack and
blocks.
DUAL REAR WHEELS
Before trying to remove the rear wheel, follow
safety precautions in the beginning of the motor
home jacking procedures. Then follow the proce-
dure below:
1. Place jack under jacking point specified by
chassis manufacturer. See
Jacking Points
on
previous page. Position jack so it may be
operated without placing your body beneath
vehicle.
2. Screw jack extension pad out (up) until it
touches jacking point surface.
3. Begin jacking until jack is firmly positioned
and just begins to bear weight, but
do not
lift
tire off the ground.
4. “Crack” wheel nuts loose with lug wrench,
but do not unscrew nuts yet.
5. Resume jacking until wheel and tire are free
of ground.
6. Remove wheel nuts and wheel.
Tire change procedures should be
used in emergency situations only.
The operator is advised to obtain
qualified road service when possible.
WARNING
Upon satisfactory completion of
emergency tire change, it is highly
recommended that wheel nuts be
properly torqued and inspected by
qualified service personnel as soon as
possible.
DO NOT crawl under the vehicle
when it is supported by a jack.
WARNING
WARNING
