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FIG. 6
FIG. 7
• Slowly and carefully depress the Bead Breaker
Pedal
“hh”
located at the right of the 3 pedal clus-
ter at the lower front of the Tire Machine
(FIG 6)
.
• Pneumatic force will push the tire bead in and
separate it from the wheel rim bead area
(FIG 7
).
Release the Bead Breaker Pedal
“hh”
as soon as
this occurs.
• Release all Bead Breaking Blade pressure and
contact, re-position the tire and wheel and repeat
above process as needed to fully separate the tire
bead from the rim. Reversing the tire and rim may
be required to unseat the bead from the back side
of the wheel rim.
Failure to discontinue Bead Breaking
Blade “gg” pressure on the tire can
cause permanent damage to the tire
sidewall and internal cord material.
“gg”
✓
“pp”
“mm”
“hh”
Turntable
Pedal
Rim Clamp
Pedal
Bead Breaker
Pedal
✓
✓
✓
On vehicles equipped with remote
tire pressure sensors, use extreme
care not to press the Bead Breaking
Blade “gg” in the vicinity of the valve
stem and sensor or the sensor may
be destroyed.
