Removing rear wheel
- Select first gear.
- Remove number plate carrier.
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- Unscrew wheel studs (arrow).
- Remove rear wheel with spacing washer to the rear.
Installing rear wheel
- The contact faces on the spacing washer, the rear wheel drive and the wheel hub must be free from grease and clean.
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Caution: Use only wheel studs marked 55 (arrow) to indicate length.
- Place back wheel with spacer in position against rear-wheel drive and tighten all wheel studs hand-tight.
- Working in diagonally opposite sequence, tighten the outer wheel studs to 50 Nm.
- Fully tighten the stud in the centre.
- Fully tighten the outer wheel studs in diagonally opposite sequence.
- Check/adjust ABS sensor gap.
See Group 34.
- ABS sensor gap, rear — 0.45...0.55 mm (0.018...0.022 in)
Tightening torques:
- Wheel studs Initial tightening — 50 Nm
- Final torque — 105 Nm