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Steel Wheel: Installation

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  1. Remove dirt from the mating surface of wheel and brake rotor.
  2. Attach the wheel to the hub by aligning the wheel bolt hole with the hub bolt.
  3. Temporarily attach the wheel nuts to the hub bolts. (In the case of aluminum wheel, use SUBARU genuine wheel nut for aluminum wheel.)
  4. Manually tighten the nuts making sure the wheel hub hole is aligned correctly to the guide portion of hub.
  5. Tighten the wheel nuts in a diagonal selection to the specified torque. Use a wheel nut wrench.

    Wheel nut tightening torque: 110 N.m (11.2 kgf-m, 81.1 ft-lb) 

    CAUTION:
    • Tighten the wheel nuts in two or three steps by gradually increasing the torque and working diagonally, until they reach the specified torque.
    • Do not depress the wrench with foot. Always use both hands when tightening.
    • Make sure the bolt, nut and the nut seating surface of the wheel are free from oil.
  6. If a wheel is removed for replacement or for repair of a puncture, retighten the wheel nuts to the specified torque after running 1,000 km (600 miles).
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