Dodge 2007 Sprinter - Manual (Page 325)

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Practical hints
Flat tire
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Wheels with centering by wheel bolts:
̈ Screw in the wheel bolts and tighten
them finger-tight.
1 Wheel bolt for light-alloy wheel
2 Wheel bolt for steel wheel
or wheels with wheel nuts:
For wheels with wheel nuts:
̈ Center the wheel nut cover over the
wheel and push it onto the wheel.
̈ Screw on the wheel nuts and tighten
them finger tight.
Lowering the vehicle
̈ Slowly open the jack’s pressure release
screw one turn using the pump lever
( ୴ page 322) and lower the vehicle
slowly.
̈ Put the jack to one side.
Tightening torque pattern
1 – 6 Wheel bolts
̈ Tighten all the wheel bolts and wheel
nuts evenly in the sequence indicated.
As an extension for the wheel wrench,
use the shaft from the jack’s 3-part
pump lever that has the largest diame-
ter.
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On vehicles with light-alloy wheels, you
will find short wheel bolts suitable for
the steel spare wheel in the vehicle tool
kit.
N40.10-2175-31
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Screw on the three wheel nuts that
hold the wheel nut cover first.
! CAUTION
The tightening torque is:
ț for wheel bolts 177 lb-ft (240 Nm)
(steel wheel)/133 lb-ft (180 Nm)
(light-alloy wheel).
ț for wheel nuts 133 lb-ft (180 Nm)