F156.6 / F156.6A
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
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Carefully read personal and machine SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS (at the beginning of this manual)
TYRES AND WHEELS
RISK OF INJURY
Heat-induced combustion of gas in-
side the tyre may lead to explosions
in air-inflated tyres.
This heat may be due, for instance,
to frequent use of the brakes or to
welding work carried out on the ma-
chine. A heat-induced tyre explosion
is more violent than that occuring
during normal bursting of tyres.
Such an explosion can eject parts of
the tyre and the rim over several hun-
dreds of meters. Exploding and/or
bursting tyres and ejected parts of
tyres and rims may cause severe or
sometimes even fatal injuries.
Therefore:
- If a tyre is suspected to be too hot,
secure the machine and wait some
distance away until the tyre has
cooled down.
- Before inflating the tyre, check the
tyre itself, the rims and rim compo-
nents for damage, penetrated for-
eign objects and perfect fit.
- Have detected faults always recti-
fied immediately by specialized
workshops.
- If you are in doubt about the safe
condition of the tyre, the rims or rim
components, do nothing yourself
but have the complete wheel re-
moved by a special workshop.
Changing of tyres, rims or rim com-
ponents requires special tools and
procedures and must therefore al-
ways be carried out by a workshop
with special equipment for this kind
of work.
- Never carry out works on rims and
tyres unless you are qualified to do
so.
TYRE PRESSURE
Bursting tyres and parts splintering
away from the rims or from the tyre
itself may cause severe injury.
The following instructions must
therefore be strictly observed:
- Before inflating the tyre, check the
tyres, rims and rim parts for
damage, penetrated foreign ob-
jects and proper fitting.
- Have all damage detected repaired
by a qualified workshop.
- Check the tyre inflation pressure
only when the tyres are cold. After
warming up, the pressures indi-
cated are higher than ususal.
- Use a tyre inflator with a long filling
hose, snap-on valve and pressure
gauge.
- Use only compressed ambient air
for inflating the tyres. Never use
flammable gases: risk of explosion.
- Keep away from the tyre during in-
flation and always stand besides
the tyre tread.
- Watch the tyre and the gauge of the
filling gear permanently during in-
flation and never exceed the spec-
ified tyre pressures.
- Place a safety cage around disman-
tled wheels.
- When pumping up, make sure all
persons are well clear of the tyre.
Always inflate the tyres to the pre-
scribed pressure:
-
Excessive pressures result in poor
off-road handling properties and
tyres may burst;
- Insufficient tyre pressures lead to
increased tyre wear and to inade-
quate stability of the machine.
WHEEL-NUTS
Always tighten the wheel-nuts with a
torque wrench. Recheck with a
torque wrench for tightness after
several hours of operation.