Tightening torque for wheel bolts
Specified tightening torque for wheel bolts
for steel or alloy wheel rims:
— 120 Nm.
If the wheel bolts are corroded and stiff, they
must be renewed and the wheel hub threads
cleaned before the tightening torque is
checked.
Never grease or oil the wheel bolts or the
threads of the wheel hubs.
The tightening torque should be checked
with a properly functioning torque wrench
immediately after changing a wheel.
WARNING
Incorrectly tightened wheel bolts can loos-
en while the vehicle is in motion and cause
accidents, serious injury, and loss of control
of the vehicle.
·
The wheel bolts and threads of the
wheel hubs must be clean, free from oil
and grease, and turn easily.
·
Always use the box spanner placed in
the vehicle at the factory to loosen and
tighten the wheel bolts.
·
Only loosen the wheel bolts by approxi-
mately one turn before raising the vehi-
cle with the jack.
·
Never grease or oil the wheel bolts or
the threads of the wheel hubs. This
could cause them to loosen while the
vehicle is in motion, even if the required
torque setting is used.
·
Never loosen the bolts on wheel rims
with bolted-on rings.
·
If the tightening torque of the wheel
bolts is too low, the wheel bolts and
rims can loosen while the vehicle is in
motion. The wheel bolts and the threads
could be damaged if the tightening tor-
que is too high. Check the tightening
torque regularly using a torque wrench.
WARNING
The wrong wheel bolts can loosen while
the vehicle is in motion and cause acci-
dents, serious injury, and loss of control of
the vehicle.
·
Only use wheel bolts that belong to the
respective wheel rim.
·
Never use different wheel bolts.
·
On vehicles with two-piece wheel bolts:
use only two-piece wheel bolts.
Lifting the vehicle with the
jack
Please refer to at the start of the chap-
Fig. 193 Jacking points.
The jack may be positioned only at the rein-
forcements on the underbody, which are lo-
cated behind the markings on the body. Al-
ways use the jacking point closest to the
wheel you are working on →
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Changing a wheel
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