Full-size spare tire, Full-size spare tire -79 – CHEVROLET 2012 Avalanche User Manual

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Chevrolet Avalanche Owner Manual - 2012 - crc 2nd edition - 11/7/11

Vehicle Care

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13. Disconnect the jack handle

from the jack and carefully
remove the jack. Use one hand
to push against the spare while
firmly pulling the jack out from
under the spare tire with the
other hand.

If the spare tire is hanging from
the cable, insert the hoist end
of extension, and wheel
wrench into the hoist shaft hole
in the bumper and turn the
wheel wrench counterclockwise
to lower the spare the rest of
the way.

14. Turn the wheel wrench in the

hoist shaft hole in the bumper
clockwise to raise the cable
back up if the cable is hanging
under the vehicle.

Have the hoist assembly inspected
as soon as you can. You will not be
able to store a spare or flat tire
using the hoist assembly until it has
been inspected and/or replaced.

To continue changing the flat tire,
see “Removing the Flat Tire and
Installing the Spare Tire” under Tire
Changing on page 10‑67
.

Full-Size Spare Tire

Your vehicle, when new, had a
fully-inflated spare tire. A spare tire
may lose air over time, so check its
inflation pressure regularly. See Tire
Pressure on page 10‑53
and
Vehicle Load Limits on page 9‑16
for information regarding proper tire
inflation and loading your vehicle.
For instruction on how to remove,
install or store a spare tire, see
“Removing the Flat Tire and
Installing the Spare” and “Storing a
Flat or Spare Tire and Tools” under
Tire Changing on page 10‑67.

Notice: If the vehicle has
four-wheel drive and a different
size spare tire is installed, do not
drive in four-wheel drive until the
flat tire is repaired and/or
replaced. The vehicle could be
damaged and the repairs would
not be covered by the warranty.
Never use four-wheel drive when
a different size spare tire is
installed on the vehicle.

Your vehicle may have a different
size spare tire than the road tires
originally installed on your vehicle.
This spare tire was developed for
use on your vehicle, so it is all right
to drive on it. If your vehicle has
four-wheel drive and the different
size spare tire is installed, keep the
vehicle in two-wheel drive.

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