Changing a wheel – BMW 325Ci Coupe 2004 User Manual

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wheel must be changed on a sur-
face with a more severe slope, take
additional precautions to secure
the vehicle from rolling

3. Wheels with full wheel covers

reach into the ventilation openings
and pull the cover off

4. If your vehicle is equipped with

Individual light-alloy wheels

*: insert

the wheel puller supplied with the
vehicle into the designated recess
of the cover, and pull the cover off

5. Loosen the lug bolts by rotating

half a turn

6. Position the jack at the jacking

point closest to the flat tire with the
jack base vertically below the jack-
ing point and the entire surface of
the head of the jack moves into the
square recess of the jacking point –
refer to the detail in the next illus-
tration – when the jack is cranked

7. Jack the vehicle up until the wheel

you are changing is raised from the
ground

8. Unscrew the lug bolts and remove

the wheel

9. Remove accumulations of mud or

dirt from the mounting surfaces of
the wheel and hub. Clean the lug
bolts

10. Position the new wheel or the

space-saver spare tire on the hub
and screw at least two lug bolts fin-
ger-tight into opposite bolt holes

11. Screw in the remaining lug bolts.

Screw in all the bolts in diagonal
pattern

12. Lower the jack and remove it from

beneath the vehicle

13. Tighten the lug bolts securely in a

diagonal pattern

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