Navistar ProStar+, Operation And Maintenance Manual

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Maintenance Instructions
WARNING
To prevent property damage, personal injury, and
/ or death, always follow these instructions when
mounting tires on wheels:
• Only personnel who have had proper training
and experience should mount or remove tires
from rims or wheels.
• Use only heavy-duty rims or approved rims for
radial tires. It may be necessary to contact your
wheel and rim distributor to determine if your
rims are approved for radial tires.
• If a tube is to be used, make sure special radial
tire tubes are used because of the increased
flexing of the sidewalls on radial tires.
• Never use antifreeze, silicones, or
petroleum-based lubricants when mounting
radial tires. Only an approved lubricant should
be used as an aid for mounting tires.
• Always inflate tires in a safety cage.
WARNING
To prevent property damage, personal injury, and
/ or death:
• Do not mix stud-piloted wheels or fasteners with
hub-piloted wheels or fasteners. Mixing wheel
types may cause premature wheel failure.
• Do not change from steel wheels or a steel
inner and aluminum outer wheel combination
to aluminum wheels without changing the
mounting hardware since the thicker aluminum
wheels require longer studs.
In some cases
with flange nut mounting systems, changing
the hub and stud assembly may be required.
Improperly mixing components could cause
wheel or fastener failures.
• Do not mix foreign (not made in North America)
wheel mounting parts with domestic (made
in North America) parts.
Many foreign wheel
components look similar to, but are not exactly
the same as, domestic made components.
Mixing components can cause wheel or fastener
failures.
WARNING
To prevent property damage, personal injury,
and / or death, do not mount tube-type tires on
tubeless wheels or tubeless tires on tube-type
wheels.
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