Wheel-changing – BMW AG User Manual
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What you need
To avoid rattling noises later, please
make a note of the positions of the
tools when they are removed, and
reattach them in the same positions
later.
> Car jack 1
Lift up the floor panel in the luggage
compartment, see page
unscrew the red wing nut.
After using the jack, retract it fully,
swing the crank handle back in and
clip it securely
> Chock 2
Stowed behind the jack on the end
wall of the luggage compartment. To
remove, loosen the wing nut
> Spare wheel or compact spare wheel
– stowed beside the jack
Unscrew the wing nut by hand,
remove the retainer and lift out the
wheel
> Wheel stud wrench – in the car's
toolkit, under the luggage compart-
ment lid, see page
.
Procedure
1. Note the safety precautions on the
previous page
2. Prevent the car from rolling away:
place the wheel chock behind the
front wheel on the side opposite to
where the wheel is to be removed,
or in front of the front wheel on a
downhill gradient. If the car cannot
be moved to a point on a less
severe gradient, you must protect it
reliably against rolling away
3. Full-width wheel covers*: insert fin-
gers into the vent holes and pull the
cover off
4. Individual alloy wheels*: engage
the special puller in the recess pro-
vided for the purpose in the cover
cap and pull off the cap
5. Slacken the wheel studs by
1/2 turn. If the car has light-alloy
wheels*, see the description of
lockable studs on page
Wheel-changing
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