5-2. Steps to take in an emergency
Installing the spare tire
Remove any dirt or foreign matter from the wheel contact surface.
STEP 1
If foreign matter is on the wheel
contact surface, the wheel nuts
may loosen while the vehicle is
in motion, and the tire may
come off the vehicle.
Tapered portion
Install the spare tire and loosely
tighten each wheel nut by hand
to approximately the same
amount.
Disc wheel
seat
STEP 2
Tighten the wheel nuts until the
tapered portion comes into
loose contact with the disc
wheel seat.
STEP 3
Lower the vehicle.
STEP 4
Firmly tighten each nut two or
three times in the order shown in
the illustration.
Tightening torque:
89 ft•lbf (120 N•m, 12.2 kgf•m)
384