Wheels and Tires: Service and Repair

REMOVAL
1. Raise the vehicle until the tire clears the floor.
2. Remove the lug nuts and remove the wheel.

INSTALLATION

WARNING: Whenever a wheel is installed, always remove any corrosion, dirt or foreign material that may be present on the mounting surfaces of the wheel or the surface of the wheel hub, brake drum or front disc brake rotor that contacts the wheel. Installing wheels without proper metal-to-metal contact at the wheel mounting surfaces can cause the lug nuts to LOOSEN and could allow the wheel to come off while the vehicle is in motion, causing LOSS OF CONTROL.

1. Clean dirt from the wheel hub mounting surface.

NOTE: All lug nuts are metric (M-12). Replacement lug nuts must be of the same type and thread size as the original. Metric lug nuts are identified by the word METRIC stamped on the top surface of the lug nut.

2. The wheels require a special bulge-type lug nut with enlarged chamfer to prevent distortion of the wheel hub bolt nut seat.
3. Position the wheel on the lug bolts and tighten the lug nuts alternately in a star pattern.
4. Lower the vehicle and tighten lug nuts to 88-118 Nm (65-87 ft. lbs.).