Wheels and Tires: Service and Repair

Wheel And Tire

Removal





1. CAUTION: Do not use heat to loosen a seized wheel nut. Heat can damage the wheel and wheel bearings.

NOTE: To avoid damage or scratching to the center cap, place facing up when removed.

Loosen the wheel nuts.
1 Remove the center cap.
2 With the weight of the vehicle on the wheels, loosen the wheel nuts.
2. Raise and support the vehicle.





3. Remove the wheel and tire assembly.
1 Remove the wheel nuts.
2 Remove the wheel and tire assembly using a side-to-side rocking motion.

Installation

1. WARNING: When a wheel is installed, always remove any corrosion, dirt or foreign material present on the mounting surfaces of the wheel or the surface of the wheel hub, brake drum or brake disc that contacts the wheel. Installing wheels without correct metal-to-metal contact at the wheel mounting surfaces can cause the wheel nuts to loosen and the wheel to come off while the vehicle is in motion, causing loss of control.

WARNING: Retighten at 800 km (500 miles) after any wheel change or any time the wheel nuts are loosened.

WARNING: Failure to retighten wheel nuts at the mileage specified could allow wheels to come off while the vehicle is in motion, possibly causing loss of vehicle control and collision.

Clean the wheel hub mounting surface and wheel pilot.
2. Install the tire and wheel assembly.
1 Position the tire and wheel assembly.
2 Install the wheel nuts hand-tight, then lower the vehicle.





3. CAUTION: Failure to tighten the wheel nuts in a star pattern can result in high brake disc runout, which will speed up the development of brake roughness, shudder and vibration.

Tighten the wheel nuts in a star pattern, using a torque wrench or torque sticks.
4. Install the center cap.