2010 Dodge Ram 1500 Regular Cab Owner Manual - Page 492

490 WHAT TO DO IN EMERGENCIES 5. Remove the wheel nuts and pull the wheel off. On single rear-wheel (SRW) trucks, install the spare wheel Before raising the wheel off the ground, make sure and wheel nuts with the cone shaped end of the wheel that the jack will not damage surrounding truck parts nuts toward the wheel. On 3500 dual rear-wheel models (DRW) the wheel nuts are a two-piece assembly with a and adjust the jack position as required. flat face. Lightly tighten the wheel nuts. To avoid the risk NOTE: If the bottle jack will not lower by turning the of forcing the vehicle off the jack, do not fully tighten the dial (thumbwheel) by hand, it may be necessary to use wheel nuts until the vehicle has been lowered. the jack drive tube in order to lower the jack. 6. Using the wheel wrench, finish tightening the wheel 4. By rotating the wheel wrench clockwise, raise the nuts using a crisscross pattern. The correct wheel nut tightness is 130 ft lbs (177 N·m) torque (1500 Series), 135 ft vehicle until the wheel just clears the surface. lbs (183 N·m) torque for 2500/3500 single-rear wheel (SRW) models, and 145 ft lbs (197 N·m) for 3500 dual WARNING! rear-wheel models. If in doubt about the correct tightRaising the vehicle higher than necessary can make ness, have them checked with a torque wrench by your the vehicle unstable and cause an accident. It could authorized dealer or at a service station. slip off the jack and hurt someone near it. Raise the vehicle only enough to remove the tire. CAUTION!