[dsraven]

look behind the seat area close to the door opening, there is a small well there sort of around the corner. there should be a jack with a long handled crank to operate it and also a wheel wrench.
park with enough room to work safely on that side of the vehicle. look for a wide flat area with a hard surface not on a corner. place triangle reflectors, or similar,behind truck at an interval far enough behind to alert oncoming traffic of your presence.have everyone out of the vehicle and standing in a safe area in view of traffic. have spare tire and all tools out and ready.block the wheels well. park brake on. leave transmission in a low gear, if a manual transmission, or park if automatic transmission. loosen wheel nuts a bit-say 1/4 turn-so they are not too tight to get loosened when wheel is off the ground. jack up that corner of the truck-jack under the axle. remove wheel nuts and place on a clean surface if possible. remove wheel-set aside. install spare tire over the wheel studs. install wheel nuts but don't tighten any until all nuts are in place. bring nuts up to bear against the wheel and tighten them a bit at a time in a star pattern so the wheel is not forced to go over the hub in the middle at an angle. tighten all wheel nuts. let vehicle down off the jack. torque the wheel nuts to spec. retorque them after 100 miles.
put all the tools and the original wheel away safely so loose wheel cannot become a projectile or bounce out of truck box.


make sense?