Steel Wheel

REMOVAL
1. Raise the vehicle, refer to Maintaince for procedure.

CAUTION: When removing the lock-on wheel cover, do not attempt to pry the wheel cover off the wheel. This can result in damage to the wheel cover. The wheel cover is removed by unthreading the wheel cover retaining nuts and pulling it off the wheel by hand.






NOTE: When unthreading the lock-on wheel cover retaining nuts from the wheel nuts it is recommended that a hand wrench be used and not an impact wrench. Use of an impact wrench could result in damage to the lock-on wheel cover retaining nuts.

2. Unthread the nuts attaching the wheel cover to the wheel mounting nuts.
3. Grasp the wheel cover and pull straight outward. This will remove the wheel cover from the wheel.






4. Remove the wheel mounting nuts from the studs.
5. Remove the tire and wheel assembly from the hub.

INSTALLATION

CAUTION: Installing the wheel mounting nuts without having good metal-to-mental contact between the back of the wheel and the hub mounted brake disc or drum could cause the wheel to bind and eventually cause loosening of the wheel mounting nuts.

1. Install the tire and wheel assembly on the hub studs against the hub mounted brake disc or drum using the hub pilot as a guide.

CAUTION: When installing the tire and wheel assembly, never use oil or grease on studs or nuts.

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2. Install and lightly tighten the wheel nuts in the proper sequence.
3. Lower the vehicle.
4. Progressively tighten the 5 wheel nuts in the proper sequence until tightened to half of the specified torque. Finally, tighten the wheel nuts in the proper sequence to a torque of 135 Nm (100 ft. lbs.).
5. Align the valve notch in the wheel cover with the valve stem on the wheel. Align the wheel cover retaining nuts with the externally threaded wheel nuts.
6. By hand, start to thread all 5 of the wheel cover retaining nuts onto the externally threaded wheel nuts.

NOTE: When tightening the wheel cover retaining nuts it is recommended that a hand wrench be used and not an impact wrench. Use of an impact wrench could result in damage to the lock-on wheel cover retaining nuts.

7. Tighten each of the wheel cover retaining nuts. If the retaining nut "jumps" a thread (slips), which is an override feature of the retaining nut, retighten the retaining nut to a point just prior to this occurring. To avoid rattling of the wheel cover be sure all five retaining nuts are correctly tightened.