Mitsubishi Pajero V98 wheel spacer is a kind of ideal choice for off-road enthusiasts to improve the stance of your Pajero and enhance the stability as well. Many people may be worried about the safety of wheel spacers. To increase safety, besides choosing hub-centric spacers, the correct installation is also vital. This article will show the specific steps of installation for you.
What’s The Correct Installation Of Pajero V98 Wheel Spacers?
- Park the Pajero on a level place. This is the fundamental step to promise safety.
- Pre-loosen the lug nuts. The purpose of the step is to reduce the difficulty of loosening the lug nuts after lifting the Pajero V98 because you have to overcome the gravity caused by the increased ground clearance.
- Lift the vehicle with the jack. Make sure you find the right point designed to lift the Pajero V98. In our real installation case, the 2008 Pajero V98 has an old-style and hard-to-find steel contact surface, so we use two jacks to lift the rear wheels. One is used to support the rear of the vehicle, and the other is used to support the side of the Pajero V98.
- Take off the lug nuts with the 21mm socket. And put the wheel upward, avoiding scratching the rim lip. Because we have loosened the nuts in advance, so we could simply use the socket to take off the lug nuts.
- Clean the rust on the axle with the rust removal and wipe all the liquid with a towel. Any remainder of liquid will cause the components to rust or impact the normal torque of the Pajero V98 lug nuts.
- Put the Pajero V98 wheel spacers on. Make sure the spacers are hub-centric and the spec is 6×139.7 – 67.1mm – M12×1.5 – lug nuts. Use the matching lug nuts to tighten the spacers on the axle studs. Remember to use the torque wrench which is adjusted to 120 Nm to torque the lug nuts diagonally. When you hear a ‘Click’, you could stop torquing.
- Put the wheels back and torque the factory lug nuts. Carefully put back the wheels and apply the same toque as the lug nuts inside on the factory lug nuts diagonally. The factory Pajero V98 nuts are used to tighten the wheels with the wheel spacer through the studs on the spacer. A special thing we find during the real case is that the rear wheels are easier to be installed after installing the wheel spacers because the rear axle is designed as a unique hemisphere which makes it hard to put back the wheel.
- Recheck the tightening of the lug nuts by launching the vehicle. Don’t forget to give a repeated test on the right torque of the Pajero V98 lug nuts. If you find any weird sports pose of the wheels, repeat the steps above. And before and after you take a long journey off-road, it’s significant to check the state of the lug nuts and other important accessories.
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