Opel Corsa: Wheels and tyres / Wheel changing
Make the following preparations and
observe the following information:
- Park the vehicle on a level, firm
and non-skid surface. The front
wheels must be in the straightahead
position.
- If necessary, place a chock under
the wheel diagonally opposite the
wheel to be changed.
- Apply the parking brake and
engage first gear, reverse gear or
P.
- If the ground on which the vehicle
is standing is soft, a solid board
(max. 1 cm thick) should be
placed under the jack.
- Take heavy objects out of the
vehicle before jacking up.
- No people or animals may be in
the vehicle when it is jacked-up.
- Never crawl under a jacked-up
vehicle.
- Do not start the vehicle when it is
raised on the jack.
- Before screwing in the wheel
bolts, clean them.
Warning
Do not grease wheel bolts.
Minor damage to the tyre tread can be
repaired with the tyre repair kit.
Do not remove foreign bodies from
the tyres.
Tyre damage exceeding 4 mm or that
is at tyre's sidewall cannot be repaired
with the tyre repair kit...
Caution
If the vehicle is equipped with alloy
wheels, tighten the wheel bolts
manually at least for the first five
turns.
There are two different types of
wheels with two different bolts and
tightening torques...
Other information:
The following conditions must be
fulfilled for proper operation:
all vehicles are moving in the
same direction and in adjacent
lanes
depending on the configuration of
the vehicle, the speed of your
vehicle is between 12 or 33 and
140 km/h
passing a vehicle with a speed
difference of less than 10 km/h
another vehicle is passing with a
speed difference of less than
25 km/h
the..
Check tread depth at regular
intervals.
Tyres should be replaced for safety
reasons at a tread depth of 2-3 mm
(4 mm for winter tyres).
For safety reasons, it is
recommended that the tread depth of
the tyres on one axle should not vary
by more than 2 mm.
The legally permissible minimum
tread depth (1.6 mm) has been
reached when the tread has worn
down as far as one of the tread wear indi..