WHEELS AND TIRES
Wheel Nut Torque
Check the wheel nut torque according to the intervals that follow.
Check the torque of a new machine after the first hour, first five hours, first
ten hours, first 20 hours, first 50 hours, and every 50 hours thereafter until the
torque remains the same. If a wheel is removed for service, check the wheel nut
torque every 50 hours of operation until the torque remains the same.
The following are torque specifications for clean, dry threads:
Wheel nuts 380 - 420 ft-lbs (515 - 569 N m)
Axle bolts 380 - 460 ft-Ibs (515 - 624 N m)
NOTE: See page 27 for tire pressures.
Procedure to Install the Tires
When you install the tire on the wheel, make sure you put the tire tread in
the direction shown in the following photograph .
........_..__ FRONT OF
MACHINE
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