PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-571
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 571
JUNE 2000
2
Make sure tire is completely deflated
ny fatality is one too many.
Just ask the friends and family of the
young specialist who was recently
killed by a blown tire ring while work-
ing on a HEMTT tire.
Airing up a tire shouldn’t be a life-
or-death situation. But, if you do it
wrong, or carelessly, it can be.
Exploding tires and wheels can in-
jure or kill you. It’s that simple. But,
almost all injuries can be prevented if
you follow the rules. That’s just as
simple.
Those rules are spelled out in TM 9-
2610-200-14,
Care, Maintenance, Re-
pair and Inspection of Pneumatic Tires
and Inner Tubes
. If you have ques-
tions on the pub, or anything else
concerning tires and wheels, contact
your local TACOM logistics assistance
representative.
Tires and Wheels . . .
Inspect the tire and all rim compo-
nents for damage once you have them
disassembled. Look closely at the bead,
rim flange and retaining ring.
Before removing a tire for service
or disassembly, be sure there is no air
pressure in it by removing the valve
core.
Make sure all the air is gone by run-
ning a stiff wire into the stem to clean
it.
After the tire and wheel are reas-
sembled, inflate the tire to 3 psi—and
no more. Make sure the tire bead or
retaining ring is seated properly
in the rim flange or groove.
Never inflate a tire that has a
damaged, misaligned or
improperly seated bead
or retaining ring.
Disassemble to inspect rim
flange, bead and retaining ring
Before You Do Anything
In the meantime, here are some of
the rules that apply to working on all
tires and wheels:
Never inflate a tire that has been
run flat or run with very little air in it
until you have removed it and repaired
any damage to the tire, tube or rim.
Otherwise, damage you can’t see could
make the tire explode or wheel parts
fail, harming you or others.
hold it
,
soldier! you can't
just reinflate
that tire!
why
not
?
what's the
big
deal
?
PS 571
3
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the big deal
is what you
don't
know
about tire
inflation could
kill you
!
...without
removing
it and
repairing
any damage
Never inflate a tire that's been run flat .
..
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