Steel Wheel: Installation
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2006 Subaru Outback and 2006 Subaru Legacy. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
- Remove dirt from the mating surface of the wheel and brake rotor.
- Attach the wheel to the hub by aligning the wheel bolt holes with the hub bolts.
- Temporarily attach the wheel nuts to the hub bolts. (In the case of aluminum wheels, use SUBARU genuine wheel nuts for aluminum wheels.)
- Tighten the nuts by hand, making sure the wheel hub hole is aligned correctly to the guide portion of hub.
- 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 on opposing nuts, until they reach the specified torque.
- Do not push the wrench by foot. Always use both hands when tightening the nuts.
- Make sure the bolt, nut and the nut seating surface of the wheel are free from oil.
- If a wheel is removed for replacement or for repair of a puncture, retighten the wheel nuts to the specified torque after driving 1,000 km (600 miles).