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310 Wheels and tyres
WARNING
Failure to follow the checklist prepared for your own safety could lead to
accidents and severe injuries.
● Always complete the operations given in the checklist and observe
the general rules of safety.
Wheel bolts
Fig. 183 Changing a
wheel: Slacken the wheel
bolts.
Fig. 184 Changing a
wheel: Tyre valve
1
and
position of anti-theft
wheel locking bolt
2
or
3
Only use the tool supplied with the vehicle to loosen the wheel bolts.
Loosen the wheel bolts only about one turn before raising the vehicle with
the jack.
If the wheel bolt is very tight, you may be able to loosen it by pushing down
on the end of the wheel brace carefully with your foot. Hold on to the car for
support and take care not to slip.
Loosening wheel bolts
● Fit the wheel brace as far as it will go over the wheel bolt
⇒
Fig. 183.
● Hold the wheel brace at the end and rotate the bolt approximately one
turn anticlockwise
⇒
.
Loosening anti-theft wheel bolts
For wheels with full hubcap, the anti-theft wheel lock must be threaded into
position
⇒
Fig. 184
2
or
3
before mounting the hubcap. Otherwise it will
not be possible to mount the full hubcap.
● Take the adapter for anti-theft wheel bolts out of the vehicle tool kit.
● Insert the adapter onto the anti-theft wheel bolt.
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