Black arrows: Jackports for car jack
White arrows: Lifting points for workshop hoist
or floor jack
Changing wheels
If you have a flat tire, move off the road. Turn
on the emergency flasher. In addition, mark
the position of your car with flares or other
warning devices to alert other motorists.
Before you change a wheel, be sure the
ground is level and firm, especially near the
jack supports.
Set the parking brakes and block the wheels
opposite the defective wheel on the other
side of the car.
The car jack is only to be used for chang-
ing a wheel. Do not use it as a support to
work under the car. Never jack the car up
by the bumpers or the body. Passengers
should not remain in the car when the car
is jacked up.
Sequence of operations
1 -Loosen the wheel nuts about one turn.
Do not yet remove the nuts.
2 -Securely insert the car jack in the jack-
port located under the body. There are
two on each side; front and rear.
3 -To raise the car, turn the handle clock-
wise. Only raise the car as much as is
needed to change the wheel.
4 - Fully unscrew all wheel nuts and remove
the wheel.
5 -When the spare wheel is in position, re-
install the nuts and hand tighten them
crosswise. Be sure the wheel nuts are
inserted with the beveled edge toward
the wheel. When tightened crosswise,
the nuts will center the wheel correctly.
6 - Inflate the collapsible spare tire with the
air compressor (refer to page 57). Check
pressure with tire pressure gauge.
7 - T o lower the car, turn the jack handle
counterclockwise. Remove the jack.
8 -Firmly tighten the wheel nuts again in a
crosswise pattern.
Correct tightness of the wheel nuts is im-
portant. Correctly tightened nuts should
have a torque of 94 ft. lb. (13 kpm). This
torque can be obtained with the wheel nut
wrench by any person of average strength.
If in doubt about the correct tightness of
wheel nuts, have it checked with a torque
wrench by your dealer or at a service station.
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