Steel Wheel

INSTALLATION - TIRE AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY (STEEL WHEEL)

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

1. Install the tire and wheel assembly on the wheel studs, up against the hub mounted brake disc or drum, using the hub pilot as a guide.
2. Align the valve notch in the wheel cover with the valve stem on the wheel and install the wheel cover on the hub mounted studs.





3. Install and lightly tighten the wheel mounting nuts in the proper sequence (Fig. 16).
4. Lower the vehicle.
5. Progressively tighten the 5 wheel mounting nuts in the proper sequence until tightened to half of the specified torque (Fig. 16). Finally, tighten the wheel mounting nuts in the proper sequence to 135 Nm (100 ft. lbs.) torque.