Wheel Spanner

Here the steps to properly use a wheel spanner:

• To remove a wheel or change wheel nuts, you will first need to raise the vehicle using a jack. Only then can you use a wheel wrench.

• You must be aware of the diameter of a wheel nut in order to choose the proper sized socket for the wheel nuts on your car. Use a measuring tape to take a measurement across the flats of a wheel nut to determine its diameter.

• Many automobiles have locking wheel nuts that must be unlocked using a wheel lock key in order to remove one of the four- or five-wheel nuts on each wheel. Wheel nuts are the ones in the image that are ringed in blue, and locking wheel nuts are the ones that are circled in red. If your wheels don't have wheel locking nuts, skip to step 5.

• With the wrench turned counter clockwise, start by placing the key onto the corresponding wheel nut. Remove this nut, and then store it somewhere secure.

• Some cars just have ordinary wheel nuts and don't have locking wheel nuts. If so, just remove the wheel nuts using the appropriate diameter socket.

• Replace the wheel nuts with new ones or remove the wheel by tugging.

• Simply reposition each nut in the proper location, ensuring sure it sits properly, to reinstall the wheel nuts. Make use of the same socket to tighten the wheel nuts by rotating them all in the same direction.

• Place the wheel nut which needs the locking key in the proper location after the wheel nuts are snug and the wheel is stable. To tighten the nut, crank it clockwise while holding the locking key onto the wrench.