Wheel replacement

1. Engage 1st gear and parking brake. Place a jack under the vehicle next to the tire to be changed. If the vehicle is on soft ground, place a wide, firm support under the bottom support of the jack (a board with a size of at least 300x300x20 mm, a flat stone, etc.).

Helpful advice. In order not to get dirty when changing a wheel, put on gloves and overalls, if your car has them.

2. On the opposite side, the car must be fixed by placing wheel chocks under the front and rear wheels so that the raised car cannot move forward or backward.



3. Using a jack, slightly raise the car, but so that the wheel requiring replacement does not come off the road. Remove the decorative cap (if he is) and use a wheelbrace to loosen the four wheel bolts.

Helpful tips: To make it easier to unscrew the wheel bolts, you can use your foot instead of your hands, stepping on the handle of the wheel wrench from above. To facilitate this operation, it is necessary to purchase a special wheel wrench with a telescopic handle.

4. Remove the spare wheel from the trunk and place it on the ground next to the wheel to be replaced.



5. Raise the car with a jack so that the wheel is off the road, then completely unscrew the bolts and remove the wheel.

Helpful advice. Try to keep the car as little time as possible in a suspended state with the wheel removed.

6. Install the spare wheel in place of the removed one, screw in the fixing bolts, lower the car and finally tighten the bolts. Wheel bolts are tightened crosswise. To avoid damage to the wheel rim, do not attempt to «hold out» wheel bolts by pressing the wrench handle with your foot.



7. Before you continue driving, be sure to check the air pressure in the tire of the installed wheel.

As a rule, tubeless tires are installed on front-wheel drive cars of the Volga Automobile Plant. If you do not have sufficient tire fitting skills, we advise you not to try to do this work yourself. One damage to the sidewall and you have to buy a new tire or insert a tube. In a hopeless situation, you can use a special first aid kit for repairing tubeless tires without stripping or a tire sealant. They must be used in accordance with the attached instructions.

Why is a tubeless tire better than a tubed one? First, tubeless when punctured «descends» very slowly: you can, pumping up, drive for weeks with a nail in the wheel, until it becomes possible to repair it. Secondly, when, with a very significant mileage, steel cord wires begin to protrude from a tubeless tire, it can still be used as a spare wheel. It is useless to insert a chamber into such a tire - its puncture is ensured already at the first inflation.