Winnebago Brave 34D Owner's Manual download pdf (Page 44)

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SECTION 3

IN CASE OF DRIVING EMERGENCY

MOTOR HOME TIRE CHANGING

PROCEDURE

NOTE: The jack referred to in the following in-

structions is not supplied with the vehi-

cle. You can obtain one from your dealer.

A jack is designed for use as a tool for chang-

ing tires only, not for use as a leveling device or

as a support when servicing.

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

Before trying to change either the front or

rear tires, follow these precautions:

1. Park vehicle on level surface only.

2. Turn off engine and set parking brake.

3. Turn on hazard warning flasher.

4. Block both front and back of tire on opposite

side of wheel to be removed.

5. On soft ground, use a board or other material

under jack as a firm base to ensure that the

jack will not shift.

FRONT WHEEL

Before trying to remove the front wheel, ob-

serve the above safety precautions, then follow

the procedure below:

1. Place jack under jacking point specified in

your chassis operating guide. Position jack

so it may be operated without placing your

body beneath vehicle.

2. Screw jack extension pad out (up) until it

touches jacking point surface.

3. Begin jacking until jack is firmly positioned

and just begins to bear weight, but do not lift

tire off the ground.

4. “Crack” wheel nuts loose with lug wrench,

but do not unscrew nuts yet.

5. Resume jacking until wheel is free of

ground.

6. Remove wheel nuts and wheel; put spare

wheel in place.

7. Install wheel nuts and tighten as much as

possible with wheel and tire off the ground.

8. Lower tire until tire just contacts the ground.

Tighten nuts with lug wrench in sequence

recommended by chassis manufacturer.

9. Finish lowering jack, then remove jack and

blocks.

Dual Rear Wheels

Before trying to remove the rear wheel, fol-

low safety precautions in the beginning of the

motor home jacking procedures. Then follow the

procedure below:

We advise you to obtain qualified

road service whenever possible. Do

not try to change a tire yourself

except under emergency conditions,

and only by closely following instruc-

tions in this manual and the chassis

operating guide.

If you do satisfactorily complete an

emergency tire change, we recom-

mend that you have the wheel nuts

checked and properly torque tight-

ened by qualified service personnel as

soon as possible.

After a wheel has been properly

torqued and inspected by qualified

service personnel, it should be

rechecked after traveling 100 miles,

then again at each oil change.

Tire change procedures should be

used in emergency situations only.

The operator is advised to obtain

qualified road service when possible.

WARNING

WARNING

Upon satisfactory completion of

emergency tire change, it is highly

recommended that wheel nuts be

properly torqued and inspected by

qualified service personnel as soon as

possible.

WARNING

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