Changing a wheel

Change a wheel when the tyre is flat or damaged. You will need to use the jack to raise the car, and typically you swap the flat wheel with the spare wheel.

1. Apply the hand brake.
2. Remove the hub cover of the wheel you want to change.
3. Slacken the road wheel nuts on the wheel you want to change.
   📝 Note: If the vehicle is on a hill, scotch one or even two of the road wheels.
4. Jack the car.
5. Remove the wheel and replace with the new wheel.
6. Replace the wheel nuts, ensuring that the tapered ends facd toward the wheel.
7. Lower the jack.
8. Fully tighten the wheel nuts in sequence 1, 3, 4, 2 (imagining them to be numbered 1 to 4 in rotation clockwise).
9. Refit the hub cover.

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