2006 Ford Crown Victoria Owner Guide 2nd Printing - Page 200

Roadside Emergencies To lessen risk of personal injury, do not put any part of your body under the vehicle while changing a tire. Do not start the engine when your vehicle is on the jack. The jack is ONLY meant for changing the tire. • Never use the rear differential as a jacking point. 8. Remove the metal lug nuts with the lug wrench. 9. Replace the flat tire/wheel assembly with the spare tire/wheel assembly, making sure the valve stem is facing outward. Reinstall lug nuts until the wheel is snug against the hub. Do not fully tighten the lug nuts until the wheel has been lowered. 10. Lower the vehicle by turning the jack handle counterclockwise. 11. Remove the jack and fully 1 tighten the lug nuts in the order shown. Refer to Wheel lug nut torque specifications later in this 3 4 chapter for the proper lug nut torque specification. 12. For full size spare aluminum wheel, firmly install the center 5 2 ornament. If equipped with a full size spare tire/wheel assembly and lug nut retained full wheelcover, install the wheelcover by tightening the five black plastic nuts in the order shown on the wheelcover using the lug wrench with about 80 lb. in. (9 N•m) torque. Then firmly install the wheelcover center ornament. 13. Put flat tire, jack and lug wrench away. 14. Turn on the air suspension switch (if equipped). WHEEL LUG NUT TORQUE SPECIFICATIONS Retighten the lug nuts to the specified torque at 500 miles (800 km) after any wheel disturbance (tire rotation, changing a flat tire, wheel removal, etc.). 200 2006 Crown Victoria (cro) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA (fus)