PS Magazine - FEBRUARY 1981

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 339

FEBRUARY 1981
PS Magazine - FEBRUARY 1981 - Page 28 of 35
.Removing a flat tire frOm the rim of RT forklifts, cranes or similar large off-
the±road equipment Is a cardiac cramper²
The
hard
part
is
breaking the bead³
Troops use f´rklifts, pickaxes,
sledgehammers and other tools but only damage the tiresµ
Hand
A
portable, hydraulic bead breaker¶NSN 4910·00·773·9341¸makes
demounting tIre sizes 14¹00 x 24 thru 37º50 x 33 easy, safe and quick¶wHether
the wheel is on or off the axLe» ¼ne man can use the tool to breaK beads on these
big tires½ but it's better when 2 troops use it¾
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Curved bead Breaker tire iroN-.
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Lock ring tire iroN±²³
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First, If the wheel ±s on the axLe²
bLock A³l wheels except the one
you're working on. Use the 12-ton
jack from the No. 1 Common sHop seT
´nder the axleµ Jack up the vehIcle
´ntIl the wHeeL clears the ground
.
´lock up
foR sAfeTy
·-
-
8
¶et alL aIr out of the tireµ ·Ake
Out tHe vAlve coreµ ¸f The tire seems
to go down slow, couLd be the stem is
clogged with dirt or Ice. Free the aIr
±
PAssAge by running a piece of wire
thru It.
¶oosen
the outer tIre bead
from the bead seat band.
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