TM-9-2320-361-20

2-1/2-TON, 6x6, M44A2 SERIES TRUCKS (MULTIFUEL)

TECHNICAL MANUAL; UNIT MAINTENANCE

OCTOBER 1991

TM-9-2320-361-20 - Page 664 of 1207

TM 9-2320-361-20

9-2. WHEEL, TIRE, AND TUBE MAINTENANCE (Contd)

2. Lay outer-rear wheel (2) flat on side with lockring (12) facing upwards and break tire bead (21) from

lockring (12).

NOTE

Assistant will help with step 3.

3. Insert first tire iron (14) between lockring slit (13) and pry upward until lockring slot (15) is exposed.

4. Insert second tire iron (16) in lockring slot (15) and pry outward and upward.

5. Run first tire iron (14) completely around and remove lockring (12).

6. Turn wheel (2) over and break tire bead (21) on opposite side.

7. Remove rim (17), tire liner (20), and tube (19) from tire (18).

1. Inspect rim (17) and lockring (12) for bends, cracks, breaks, distortion, or pitting from corrosion.

Replace if bent, cracked, broken, distorted, or pitted from corrosion.

2. Inspect tire (18), tube (19), and tire liner (20) for cracks, stud hole damage, and bends. Replace if

cracked, stud holes are damaged, or bent.

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