Important: Always read and follow operating instructions.
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Tire Mounting
This information must be read and followed carefully
to prevent accidents and injuries during mounting.
Mounting a mismatched tire and wheel will
cause an explosion before it bead seats
during inflation. Attempts to force a bead
seat, by increasing air pressure, on mis-
matched tires and wheels will cause the
tire to violently explode, causing serious
personal injury or death to operator and/or
bystanders if standing over tire and wheel.
WARNING
Check tire and wheel carefully before mount-
ing. Make sure the tire bead diameter and
wheel diameter match exactly. Consult the
tire manufacturer’s recommendations, Tire
Guide and/or Rubber Manufacturer’s Asso-
ciation for approved rim widths for tire sizes.
WARNING
Never mount a damaged tire. Never mount a
tire on a rusty or damaged wheel. Used tires
may have bead and/or tread damage. Used
rims may have flange damage where the
tire/rim was run down the road on a flat tire.
Run-flat tires are not meant to be reused!
Damaged tires and/or wheels may explode.
When in doubt do not mount. Never mount
a tire and wheel handed to you by anyone
without checking both tire and wheel for
damage and to be certain the sizes match.
Used tires may have road hazard damage or
mount/demount damage, inspect carefully.
Do not let untrained persons operate tire
changer and keep bystanders out of service
area.
Forcing the tire onto the rim can cause bead
damage. If you damage the tire bead during
mounting, STOP!, remove tire and mark it
as damaged. Do not mount a damaged tire.
1.
Before any mounting, inspect tire for damage and
verify size match between tire and wheel (figure 16).
Figure 16 - Verify Size Match Between Tire and Wheel
2.
Inspect wheel closely for damage. Clean the wheel
and remove any light corrosion or rubber residue (figure
17). Do not attempt to service a heavily corroded wheel,
damaged wheel, or bent wheel.
Figure 17 - Inspect and Clean the Wheel
3.
Inspect valve stem and replace if necessary. Next
lubricate tire beads liberally with tire manufacturer’s
approved rubber lubricant (figure 18).
Figure 18 - Lubricate Tire Beads Liberally
