Removal and Replacement

Wheel and Tire













Removal

All vehicles

1. With the vehicle in NEUTRAL, position it on a hoist. For additional information, refer to Jacking and Lifting Service and Repair.

Vehicles equipped with wheel cover

2. NOTICE: Do not use heat to loosen a seized wheel nut. Heat may damage the wheel and wheel bearings.

NOTICE: Remove the wheel nuts prior to removing the wheel cover or damage to the wheel cover may occur.

Remove the 4 wheel nuts.





3. Remove the wheel cover and the wheel and tire.

Vehicles equipped with aluminum wheels

4. Remove the 4 wheel nuts and the wheel and tire assembly.

Installation

All vehicles

1. WARNING: When a wheel is installed, always remove any corrosion, dirt or foreign material present on the mounting surface of the wheel and the mounting surface of the wheel hub, brake drum or brake disc. Make sure that any fasteners that attach the rotor to the hub are secured so they do not interfere with the mounting surfaces of the wheel. Failure to follow these instructions when installing wheels may result in the wheel nuts loosening and the wheel coming off while the vehicle is in motion, which could result in loss of control, leading to serious injury or death to vehicle occupant(s).

NOTICE: Apply a thin coat of anti-seize lubricant to the interface between the wheel pilot bore and the hub pilot. Do not allow the anti-seize lubricant to contact the wheel-to-brake disc/drum mounting surface, wheel studs, wheel nuts, brake pads or brake disc friction surfaces. Damage to components may occur.

Clean the wheel mounting surfaces and apply a thin coat of anti-seize lubricant to the wheel hub pilot surface (wheel only).

2. Install the wheel and tire assembly.

Vehicles with wheel cover

3. Align the wheel cover valve stem opening with the valve stem.
- Install the 4 wheel nuts and tighten by hand while ensuring alignment of the wheel and wheel cover assembly.

All vehicles

4. WARNING: Retighten wheel nuts within 160 km (100 mi) after a wheel is reinstalled. Wheels can loosen after initial tightening. Failure to follow this instruction may result in serious injury to vehicle occupant(s).

NOTICE: Failure to tighten the wheel nuts in a star/cross pattern can result in high brake disc runout, which speeds up the development of brake roughness, shudder and vibration.

NOTE: The wheel nut torque specification is for clean, dry wheel studs and wheel nut threads.

Install the 4 wheel nuts and tighten by hand.

- Tighten the wheel nuts in a star/cross pattern to 135 Nm (100 lb-ft).