BMW 7 E65 owners manual page 201

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Procedure 10.Lower the jack and remove it from 1. Read carefully and comply with the beneath the vehicle safety precautions on page 198 11.Tighten the lug bolts in a diagonal pat- 2. Secure the vehicle to prevent it from tern Overview rolling: 12.Check and correct the tire inflation Place the wheel chock against the rear pressure at the earliest opportunity. surface of the front tire on the side Protect valve stems and valve stem opposite the side being raised. If the seal caps against dirt and contamina- vehicle is parked on a downward slope, tion. Dirt in valve stems is a frequent source place the wheel chock securely in front of gradual air loss.< of the tire. If the wheel must be changed Vehicles with a Flat Tire Monitor or TPM Controls on a surface with a more severe slope, Tire Pressure Monitor: take additional precautions to secure After mounting a spare tire or correcting the vehicle from rolling the inflation pressure(s) always reinitialize 3. Loosen the lug bolts 1/2 a turn the system, refer to page 98 or 99. The vehicle jack is designed for chan- ging wheels only. Do not attempt to Driving tips raise another vehicle model with it or to raise any load of any kind. To do so could cause accidents and personal injury. To ensure safety, always have the lug bolts checked with a calibrated torque wrench to ensure that they are tightened to the speci- fied torque of 140 Nm as soon as pos- sible.< Navigation 4. Set up the jack beneath the jacking Reverse the removal sequence to store the point closest to the flat tire. Ensure that wheel and tools in the vehicle. the entire surface of the jack's base is in When you mount wheels other than Ori- firm contact with the ground and that ginal BMW light-alloy wheels, different lug the jack itself is standing completely bolts may also be required. vertical, not tilted, and that the fitting on Always have damaged tires replaced and Entertainment the top of the jack will align with the the wheel and tire assembly rebalanced at rectangular recess on the vehicle when the earliest possible opportunity. you raise it, refer to illustration 5. Jack the vehicle up until the wheel you Driving with the spare tire are changing is raised from the ground On certain wheel-tire combinations, 6. Unscrew the lug bolts and remove the the size of the spare tire deviates from wheel that of the rest of the tires. The spare tire is Communications 7. Remove accumulations of mud or dirt fully capable of running in all load and from the mounting surfaces of the speed ranges. However, to recreate the wheel and hub. Clean the lug bolts original conditions, the tire should be 8. Position the spare wheel. Secure the replaced as soon as possible.< wheel by turning at least two lug bolts into opposite bolt holes Mobility 9. Screw in the remaining lug bolts. Tighten all the bolts securely in a diag- onal pattern 199 Online Edition for Part No. 01 41 0 157 197 - © 11/02 BMW AG Reference

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