Wheel and Tire - Dual Rear Wheels

Wheel and Tire - Dual Rear Wheels





Removal

WARNING: Aftermarket wheel assemblies may not be compatible with the vehicle. Use of incompatible wheel assemblies can result in equipment failure and possible injury. Use only approved wheel assemblies.

WARNING: Use only integral two-piece swiveling lug nuts on vehicles equipped with dual rear wheels. Do not attempt to use cone-shaped one-piece lug nuts on these vehicles. If used, cone-shaped one-piece lug nuts can come loose in vehicle operation. Do not attempt to use past model wheels, which have cone-shaped wheel hub bolt nut seats, on this vehicle. Do not attempt to use present design wheels and lug nuts on past model wheel hubs. Attempted use of intermixed wheels can lead to damage to the wheel mounting system and could result in wheels coming loose.

1. Remove the wheel cover, if so equipped.

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

NOTE: Do not remove the lug nuts at this time.

With the weight of the vehicle still on the tires, loosen the lug nuts.
3. Raise the vehicle until the wheel and tire assembly clears the floor.
4. Remove the lug nuts. Remove the inner and outer wheel and tire assemblies from the rear hub.

Installation

1. WARNING: When a wheel is installed, always remove any corrosion, dirt or foreign material present on the mounting surfaces of the wheels or the surfaces of the rear hub that contact the wheel. Installing wheels without proper metal-to-metal contact at the wheel mounting surfaces can cause the lug nut to loosen and the wheel to come off while the vehicle is in motion, resulting in loss of control.

Mount the inner wheel on the rear hub with the wheel dish facing inboard.
2. Align the wheel with the small indexing hole, located in the wheel between the wheel hub bolt holes, with the alignment pin in the hole in the rear hub.
3. Make sure the wheel is flush with the rear wheel hub mounting surface so there is no gap between the rear hub and the wheel.
4. Install the outer rear wheel flush against the inner wheel with the hub alignment locating pin protruding through the wheel index hole.
5. Install the lug nuts and tighten until snug.
6. With the lug nuts loosely installed, turn the wheel until one lug nut is at the top of the wheel hub bolt circle. Tighten the swiveling lug nut until snug. In a criss cross-type pattern, tighten the remaining lug nuts until snug to minimize runout.
7. Lower the vehicle.

8. CAUTION: Failure to tighten the wheel nuts in the sequence shown can result in high wheel and tire runout, which will speed up the development of brake roughness, shudder and vibration.





Tighten the lug nuts to specification.

9. CAUTION: Failure to tighten the wheel nuts in the sequence shown can result in high wheel and tire runout, which will speed up the development of brake roughness, shudder and vibration.

Tighten the wheel nuts to specification.
10. Install the wheel cover, if so equipped.