Users Manual Part 5
Table Of Contents
- Wheels and tyres
- Notes on noise or unusual handling characteristics
- Notes on regularly inspecting wheels and tyres
- Notes on snow chains
- Activating or deactivating snow chain mode
- Tyre pressure
- Wheel change
- Notes on selecting, fitting and replacing tyres
- Notes on interchanging wheels
- Notes on storing wheels
- Overview of the tyre-change tool kit
- Preparing the vehicle for a wheel change
- Removing and fitting hub caps
- Raising the vehicle when changing a wheel
- Removing a wheel
- Fitting a new wheel
- Lowering the vehicle after a wheel change
- Emergency spare wheel
- Technical data
- Display messages and warning/indicator lamps
- Index
Removing a wheel
Requirements:
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The vehicle is raised (/ page 501).
When changing a wheel, avoid applying any force
to the brake discs, since this could impair the
level of comfort when braking.
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NOTE Damage to threading from dirt on
wheel bolts
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Do not place wheel bolts in sand or on
a dirty surface.
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Unscrew the uppermost wheel bolt com‐
pletely.
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Screw centring pin 1 into the thread
instead of the wheel bolt.
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Unscrew the remaining wheel bolts com‐
pletely.
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Remove the wheel.
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Fit the new wheel (/ page 503).
Fitting a new wheel
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WARNING Risk of accident from losing a
wheel
Oiled or greased wheel bolts can cause the
wheel bolts to come loose, as too can dam‐
aged wheel bolts or wheel hub threads.
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Never oil or grease the threads.
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In the event of damage to the threads,
contact a qualified specialist workshop
immediately.
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Have the damaged wheel bolts or dam‐
aged hub threads replaced.
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Do not continue driving.
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Observe the information on the choice of
tyres (/ page 495).
For tyres with a specified direction of rotation,
an arrow on the side wall of the tyre indicates
the correct direction of rotation. Observe the
direction of rotation when fitting.
Wheels and tyres
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