Wheel and Tire. Removal and Installation

Materials

Removal

1. 1
   Position the vehicle in NEUTRAL on the lift.
   Refer to: Jacking and Lifting - Overview (100-02 Jacking and Lifting, Description and Operation).
2. 2

   NOTICE: Do not use heat to loosen a seized wheel nut, as this may damage the wheel and the wheel bearing.

   NOTICE: On vehicles with full wheel covers and open wheel nuts, the wheel nuts must be removed before removing the wheel cover, or the wheel cover may be damaged.

   Remove the wheel nuts and the wheel.

   

Installation

1. 1

   NOTICE: Be sure to apply only a thin layer of anti-seize lubricant to the interface between the wheel pilot hole and the hub pilot. Do not allow anti-seize to contact the wheel mounting surface of the brake disc/drum, wheel studs, wheel nuts, brake pads or friction surfaces of the brake discs, as component damage may occur.

   Clean the specified component with the specified material. Apply the substance from the specified tube.
   Apply a thin layer of anti-seize lubricant to the interface between the wheel pilot bore and the pilot bushing.
   Material: Motorcraft® High-Temperature Nickel Anti-Seize Lubricant / XL-2

   

2. 2
   Tighten by hand only at this stage.
   Install the wheel and the wheel nuts.

   

3. 3

   NOTICE: Wheel nuts that are not tightened in a star/cross pattern may cause severe brake disc runout, which accelerates the development of brake roughness, shudder and vibration.

   Tighten the wheel nuts in the sequence shown.
   Torque:
   Vehicles with V6 engine: 150 lb-ft (204 N·m)
   All other vehicles: 100 lb-ft (135 N·m)