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Wheels and tyres
355
Changing a wheel
WARNING
If the wheel bolts are not properly tightened,
they coul
d come loose while driving and
cause an accident, serious injury and loss of
vehicle control.
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Use only wheel bolts which correspond to
the rim in question.
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Never use dierent wheel bolts.
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Wheel bolts and threads should be clean,
free of oil and grease, and it should be possi-
ble to screw them easily.
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To loosen and tighten wheel bolts, only
use the wheel wrench that came with the car
from the factory.
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The wheel bolts should only be loosened
slightly (about one turn) before raising the
vehicle with the jack. Risk of accident!
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Never apply grease or oil to wheel bolts or
to the wheel hub threads. Even if the bolts
have been tightened to the prescribed tor-
que, they could come loose while driving.
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Never loosen the screwed joints of wheel
rims with bolted ring trims.
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If wheel bolts are tightened below the
prescribed torque, the bolts and rims could
come loose while driving. If tightening torque
is too high, the wheel bolts or threads can be
damaged.
Raise the vehicle
Fig.242 Jack position points.
Fig.243 Cr
ossbar: mounting the jack on the
vehicle.
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Rest the jack (vehicles tools) on firm gr
ound.
If necessary use a large, strong board or similar
support. If the surface is slippery (for example
tiles) place the jack on a rubber mat or similar
to prevent it from slipping ›››
.
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Look on the strut for the mark of the jack sup-
port point (sunk
en area) closest to the wheel to
be changed ›››Fig.242.
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Turn the jack crank handle, located below the
strut support point, to raise it until the tab
1
›››Fig.2
43 is below the housing that is provi-
ded.
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Align the jack so that the tab
1
“grips” onto
the housing pr
ovided on the cross member and
the mobile base
2
is resting on the ground. The
base pl
ate
2
should fall vertically with respect
t
o the support point
1
.
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Continue turning the jack until the wheel is
slightly lift
ed o the ground.
WARNING
The factory-supplied jack is only designed
f
or changing wheels on this model. On no
account attempt to use it for lifting heavier
vehicles or other loads. Risk of injury.
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Make sure the jack remains stable. If the
surface is slippery or soft, the jack could slip
or sink, respectively, with the consequent risk
of causing injuries.
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Lift the vehicle using only the jack supplied
from the factory. Other jacks, even those ap-
proved for other SEAT models could slip, with
the consequent risk of injury.
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Place the jack only at the support points
provided on the strut and align it. Otherwise,
the jack could slip because it does not have
sucient grip on the vehicle: risk of injury!
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