Chevrolet 10 Series 1968, Service Manual, Page: 569 / 713

WHEELS AND TIRES 10-18
Fig. 2 7 —
RHP
Continuous Side Ring
2 .INSERT TOOL AND PRY-'
RING DOWN AND OVER
RIM GUTTER
1. INSERT RING HALF OPPOSITE
TOOL NOTCH INTO RIM GUTTER
UNTIL CUT-OUTS STRADDLE
THE RIM y
ASSEMBLING SIDE RING
4. CONTINUE TAPPING
RING WITH MALLET
WORKING IN THIS
DIRECTION TOWARDS
FARTHEST CUT-OUT
3.WHILE PRYING WITH RIM
TOOL GIVE RING A
SHARP BLOW WITH MALLET
IN THIS AREA WHICH
WILL START SECOND HALF
OF RING INTO POSITION
REMOVAL OF SIDE RING
3 . INSERT SECOND TOOL NEXT TO THE
FIRST AND WALK RING OUT OF RIM
GUTTER. WORK TOOLS IN COUNTER
CLOCKWISE DIRECTION FROM TOOL
NOTCH.
2.INSERT RIM
TOOL IN
NOTCH AND
PRY RING
Fig. 28—Removal of Side Ring
Fig. 29—Assembling Side Ring
side ring is ready to demount if it is loose and turns
easily in the rim gutter.
2. Locate the tool notch in the side ring and insert the
rim tool or a long, husky screwdriver and pry up,
making sure the opposite side of the ring is fitting
into the rim gutter. Do not bend the ring.
3. Now a second tool can be inserted and used with the
first to walk the tools in a counterclockwise direction
from the tool notch (work toward the cutout that is
farthest from the tool notch).
4. When the tools reach the cutout the ring will usually
spring off. If necessary, a light tap with the mallet
will free the last half of the ring after it has been
pried up so both cutouts are visible.
Assembly
1. To assembly the parts, start the side ring half op­
posite the tool notch into the rim gutter making sure
the flat ring surface is facing the tire.
2. Push until the ring is half on and the crescent shaped
cutouts straddle the rim gutter per illustration
(fig. 29).
3. Insert rim tool or large screwdriver in the tool notch
and pull the ring on and down toward the rim gutter.
4. While pulling on the rim tool or screw driver, hit the
side ring a sharp blow with a mallet in the area be­
tween the tool notch and the nearest cutout. The
second half of the ring will now be started over the
rim gutter.
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