Full-size spare tire, Full-size spare tire -84 – Cadillac 2011 Escalade EXT User Manual

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Cadillac Escalade EXT Owner Manual - 2011

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Vehicle Care

9. Position the center lift point of

the jack under the center of the
spare tire.

10. Turn the wrench clockwise to

raise the jack until it lifts the
end fitting.

11. Continue raising the jack until

the spare tire stops moving
upward and is held firmly in
place. The secondary latch has
released and the spare tire is
balancing on the jack.

12. Lower the jack by turning

the wheel wrench
counterclockwise. Keep

lowering the jack until the
spare tire slides off the jack
or is hanging by the cable.

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WARNING

Someone standing too close
during the procedure could be
injured by the jack. If the spare
tire does not slide off the jack
completely, make sure no one is
behind you or on either side of
you as you pull the jack out from
under the spare.

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 10‑71
.

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 10‑54 and
Vehicle Load Limits on page 9‑23
for information regarding proper tire
inflation and loading your vehicle.

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