wheel CHEVROLET CAMARO 1993 Owner's Guide

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Parking on Hills
You really should not park your vehicle,
with a trailer attached, on a hill. If
something goes wrong, your rig could
start to move. People can be injured, and
both your vehicle and the trailer can be
damaged.
But if you ever have to park your rig on a
hill, here's how to do it:
1. Apply your regular brakes, but don't
shift into
P (Park) yet, or into gear for
a manual transmission.
2. Have someone place chocks under the
trailer wheels.
3. When the wheel chocks are in place,
release the regular brakes-until the
chocks absorb the load.
4. Reapply the regular brakes. Then
apply your parking brake, and then shift to
P (Park), or R (Reverse) for
a manual transmission.
5. Release the regular brakes.
When You Are Ready to Leave after
Parking on
a Hill
1. Apply your regular brakes and hold
the pedal down while you:
0 Start your engine;
0 Shift into a gear; and
0 Release the parking brake.
2. Let up on the brake pedal.
3. Drive slowly until the trailer is clear
4. Stop and have someone pick up and
of the chocks.
store the chocks.
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=Towing Your Vehicle
Try to have a CM dealer or a professional
towing service tow your Chevrolet. The
usual towing equipment is a sling-type
(A) or a wheel-lift (B) or car carrier (C)
tow truck.
If your vehicle has been changed or
modified since
it was factory-new by
adding aftermarket items like fog lamps,
aero skirting, or special tires and wheels,
these instructions and illustrations may
not be correct.
Before you do anything,
turn on the
hazard warning flashers.
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When you call, tell the towing service:
0 That your vehicle cannot be towed
from the front or rear
with sling-type
equipment.
drive.
That your vehicle has rear-wheel
0 The make, model, and year of your
Whether you can still move the shift
If there was an accident, what was
When the towing service arrives, let the
tow operator know
that this manual
contains detailed towing instructions and
illustrations. The operator may want
to
see them.
vehicle.
lever.
damaged.
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TO help avoid injury to you or
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Never let passengers ride in a
vehicle that is being towed.
Never tow faster than safe
or
posted speeds.
Never
tow with damaged parts not
fully secured.
Never
get under your vehicle after
it has been lifted by the tow truck.
Always use separate safety chains
on each side when towing a vehicle,
Never use “J” hooks. Use
T-hooks instead.
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When your vehicle is being towed, have
the ignition
key off. The steering wheel
should be clamped
in a straight-ahead
position,
with a clamping device designed
for towing service.
Do not use the
vehicle’s steering column lock for this.
The transmission should be in Neutral
and the parking brake released.
Don’t have your vehicle towed on the rear
wheels, unless you must.
If the vehicle
must be towed on the rear wheels, don’t
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CAUTION:
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I Front Towing Hook-Ups
A vehicle can fall from a car
Attach T-hook chains to slots in frame
carrier if
it isn’t properly rearward of front wheels on both sides.
secured. This can cause a collision,
tightly secured with chains or steel
cables before
it is transported.
Don’t
use substitutes (ropes, leather
straps, canvas webbing, etc.) that
can be cut by sharp edges
underneath the towed vehicle.
Farther than
50 miles (80 km j or your
transmission
will be damaged. If these
limits must be exceeded, then
the rear
wheels have to be supported on
a dolly.
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Do not attach winch cables or
1 hooks to suspension components
en using car carrier equipment
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not tow with sling-typc
equipment or fascia/fog light
damage will occu
Use wheel lift or car carrier
equipment. Additional ramping may
be required for car carrier equipment.
Use safety chains and wheel straps. Attach
a separate safety chain around
outboard end
of each lower control arm.
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contact. To help avoid damage, install
a towing
dolly and raise vehicle until
proper clearance
is obtained between *
the ground and/or wheel-lift equipment.
Rear Towing Hook-Ups
Attach T-hook chains in front of rear
wheels in bottom of frame rail on both
sides.
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using car carrier equipment.
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Do not tow with sling-type
eauipment or rear bumDer valance
equipment. Additional ramping may
be required for car carrier equipment.
Use safety chains and wheel straps. Attach
a separate
safety chain around
outboard end
of the rear axle.
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could damage a vehicle. Damage can
occur from both vehicle-to-ground
or vehicle-to-wheel-lift-equipment
To help avoid damage, install
g dolly and raise vehicle until
er clearance is obtained between
the ground and/or wheel-lift equipment.
Engine Overheating
You will find a coolant temperature gage
on your Chevrolet's instrument panel.
You may also find a low coolant warning
light on your Chevrolet instrument panel.
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9. Shut the engine off and replace the
pressure cap. Be sure the arrows
on
the cap line up like this.
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10. Then fill the coolant recovery tank
For a complete drain. flush and refill, see
your Chevrolet dealer or a Chevrolet
Carnaro Service
Manual. To purchase
a service manual, see "Service
Publications"
in the Index.
to the proper level.
If a Tire Goes Flat
It's unusual for
a tire to "blow out" while
you're driving, especially
if you maintain
your tires properly.
If air goes out of a
tire, it's much more likely
to leak out
slowly.
But if you should ever have a
"blowout," here are a few tips about what
to expect and what to do:
If a front tire fails, the flat tire will create
a drag that pulls the vehicle toward that
side. Take your foot off the accelerator
pedal and grip the steering wheel firmly.
Steer
to maintain lane position, then
gently brake to a stop well out of
the
traffic lane.
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I Changing a Flat lire
’ A rear blowout, particularly on a curve, If a tire goes flat, avoid further tire and wheel damage by driving slowly to a level
acts much like a skid and may require the place. Turn on your hazard warning flashers.
If your tire goes flat, the next section
shows how to use your jacking equipment
to change a flat tire safely.
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same correction you’d use in-a skid. In I -
any rear blowout, remove your foot from
the accelerator pedal. Get the vehicle
under control by steering
the way you
want
the vehicle to go. It may be very
bumpy and noisy, but you can still steer.
Gently brake to a stop, well off the road
if
possible. (I
A Changing a tire can cause an injury. The vehicle can slip off the jack and roll
over you or other people. You and
they could be badly injured. Find a level
I place to ccange your tire. To help prevent the vehicle from moving:
1. Set the parking brake firmly.
2. Put the shift lever in P (Park).
3. Shift a manual transmission to 1 (First) or R (Reverse). I
4. Turn off the engine.
To be even more certain the vehicle won’t move, you can put chocks at the front
and rear of the tire farthest away from the one being changed. That would be
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tire on the other side of the vehicle, at the opposite end.
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The following steps will tell you how to
use the jack and change a tire.
The equipment you'll need
is in the rear
area.
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Find the plastic screw heads in the trim
panel over the spare tire. Use a coin or a
key to turn the screw heads until the slots
point front and back. Lift the trim panel
and move it
out of the way,
If you have speakers in the trim panel,
the speaker wire should be long enough
to remove
the trim panel without
disconnecting the wire.
To remove the jack and wheel wrench,
loosen and remove the bolt
and remove the
plastic cover.
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Remove the wing nut and adapter and
pull out the spare.
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Start with the jack (A) and wheel wrench
(B).
The jack has a bolt at the end. Attach the
wheel wrench to the jack bolt.
Turn the wheel wrench to the right to
raise the lift head
a little. I
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If your wheel has a center cap, pry it off
using the wheel wrench.
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If your vehicle has a bolt-on wheel cover,
loosen the plastic caps using the wheel
wrench and remove the wheel cover. If your vehicle has optional alloy wheels,
each wheel may have one locknut in place
of the standard wheel nut. A special wheel
lock key (removal tool) and instructions
are located in the center console. Attach
the wheel lock key to the socket
of the
wheel wrench. Remove the locking wheel
nut by turning counterclockwise.
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