bolt pattern MERCEDES-BENZ SPRINTER 2013 MY13 Operator’s Manual

Wheels with centering by wheel bolts:
X Vehicles with alloy wheels: take the short
wheel bolts that fit the steel spare wheel
out of the vehicle tool kit.
X Screw in the wheel bolts and tighten them
lightly.
For wheels with wheel nuts:
X Fron twheels with wheel nut covers: press
the wheel nut covers onto the wheel nuts.
X Screw in the three wheel nuts over the
fixing discs of the wheel nut cover.
X Turn the wheel so that the wheel bolts are
in the middle of the holes.
X Screw on the rest of the wheel nuts.
X Slightly tighten all the wheel nuts.
Lowering the vehicle G
WARNING
The wheels could work loose if the wheel nuts
and bolts are not tightened to the specified
tightening torque. There is a risk of accident.
Have the tightening torque immediately
checked at a qualified specialist workshop
after a wheel is changed.
! Only use the jack pump lever middle rod
and the rod with the largest diameter as a
lug wrench extension. Only slide the middle
rod as far as it will go onto the lug wrench.
The rods may otherwise bend and be
distorted to such an extent that they can
no longer be used as a pump lever for the
jack. Tightening torque pattern
0005—0024
Wheel bolts or wheel nuts
X Using the pump lever, slowly turn the
lowering screw on the jack through
approximately one revolution and carefully
lower the vehicle (Y page 304).
X Put the jack aside.
X Pull the rod with the smallest diameter off
the pump lever.
The shortened pump lever serves as a lug
wrench extension.
X Starting with the middle rod, slide the lug
wrench extension as far as it will go onto
the lug wrench.
X Using the extended lug wrench, tighten the
wheel bolts evenly in a crosswise pattern in
the sequence indicated (0005 to0024).
Tighten the wheel bolts to the following
tightening torques:
R steel wheel 177 lb-ft(240 Nm)
R alloy wheel 133 lb-ft(180 Nm)
Tighten the wheel nuts to atightening
torque of 133 lb-ft (180 Nm).
X Push the piston on the hydraulic jac kin
again and close the pressure release
screw.
X Stow the jack and the rest of the vehicle
tools in the vehicle again.
i You can now install the hub caps on steel
wheels with wheel bolts. The installing
procedure depends on whether the hub cap
acts as a trim that covers the whole wheel,
or just covers the center. Changing wheels
307Wheels and tires Z