Installing Wheel

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If heavily soiled, clean wheel bolts and spherical caps -1 and 2- with a lint-free cloth.

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Cleaning wheel bolt
Clean contact surface -1- on the wheel hub and brake disc if necessary.
Grease wheel centring surface on the wheel hub -arrows- with a very light coating of Optimoly TA (aluminium paste).

The contact surface on the brake disc -1- and on the wheel must not be greased.

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Greasing wheel centring surface

Fit wheel.

3.1 On vehicles with PCCB (I-no. 450)
Screw assembly aids -1- into two threaded holes that are not next to each other.
3.2 Carefully push on the wheel.
3.3 Screw in wheel bolts or the remaining wheel bolts.

3.4 On vehicles with PCCB (I-no. 450)

Replace assembly aids -1- with wheel bolts.

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Installing assembly aids (threaded bolts for fitting wheel)

3.5 Fit wheel bolts and tighten uniformly. Start at the top when tightening. > Tightening torque 160 Nm (118 ftlb.)