1996 Mercury Tracer Owner's Manual - Page 223
1996 Mercury Tracer Manual
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2. Insert the jack handle into the jack and turn it clockwise until the tire just clears the ground. Remove the wheel lug nuts. Your vehicle has metric (12 mm) wheel studs and lug nuts. During wheel removal and replacement, make certain that you use the same lug nuts to reinstall the wheel or replace them with nuts of the same metric size and threading. RWARNING Installation of an English thread nut on a metric stud (or vice-versa) will not properly secure the wheel to the hub. Damaged studs may result in wheel separation and possible injury. 3. 4. Replace the flat tire with the spare tire. (TEMP. USE ONLY label facing outward.) Reinstall the lug nuts, tightening until the wheel is snug against the hub. The beveled edges on the lug nuts face inward. Do not fully tighten the lug nuts until you lower the vehicle. If you do, you could force the vehicle off the jack. Lower the vehicle by turning the jack handle counterclockwise. 5. 223