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Section Number Page Number
1 Safety .........................................................................................................................................................2
2 Wheel Specifications ..................................................................................................................................3
3 Inspection and Maintenance ..................................................................................................................6
3-1 Inspect thoroughly and frequently ...........................................................................................................................6
3-2 Wheel alteration................................................................................................................................................................6
3-3 Heat damage ......................................................................................................................................................................7
3-4 Dimension checks ............................................................................................................................................................8
3-5 Cracked or damaged wheel checks ...........................................................................................................................9
3-6 Mounting area ................................................................................................................................................................ 10
3-7 Corrosion ..........................................................................................................................................................................11
3-8 Bolt holes .......................................................................................................................................................................... 12
3-9 Disc area ............................................................................................................................................................................12
3-10 Rim area ............................................................................................................................................................................ 13
3-11 Bead Seat area ................................................................................................................................................................ 13
3-12 Rim flange wear .............................................................................................................................................................14
3-13 Dura-Flange
®
maintenance .......................................................................................................................................19
3-14 Maintenance against corrosion (non Dura-Bright
®
surfaced treated wheels) ........................................ 19
3-15 Dura-Bright
®
surface treated wheels cleaning and maintenance ...............................................................19
4 Mounting Alcoa Wheels with Tubeless Tires .................................................................................. 20
4-1 Recommendations for mounting tubeless tires ................................................................................................20
4-2 Mounting tubeless tires ..............................................................................................................................................21
4-3 Moounting tires on non-symmetricial drop well wheels ...............................................................................22
4-4 Rim width to tire matching ........................................................................................................................................23
4-5 Recommendations for demounting tubeless tires ........................................................................................... 23
4-6 Demounting of tubeless tires ...................................................................................................................................24
5 Wheel Installation ..................................................................................................................................... 25
5-1 Recommendations for proper installation of wheels ......................................................................................25
5-2 Wheel cap nuts ...............................................................................................................................................................26
5-3 How to measure stud standout ...............................................................................................................................27
5-4 Stud located ball seats are spherical ......................................................................................................................27
5-5 Single and wide base wheel, stud located, ball seat mounting ..................................................................27
5-6 Dualed wheels, stud located, ball seat mounting .............................................................................................28
5-7 Dualed wheels, steel inner/aluminum outer stud located, ball seat mounting ....................................30
5-8 Tightening stud located, ball seat cap nuts ........................................................................................................31
5-9 Single, dualed and wide base wheels, hub piloted mounting, two-piece flange nuts .......................33
5-10 Tightening hub piloted mounting, two-piece flange nuts ............................................................................34
5-11 Incorrect assemblies .....................................................................................................................................................36
6 Proper Torque, Wheel Identification and Valves .......................................................................... 37
6-1 Avoid abuse .....................................................................................................................................................................37
6-2 Keep wheel nuts tight .................................................................................................................................................37
6-3 Balance weights .............................................................................................................................................................38
6-4 Owner/in-service identification ............................................................................................................................... 38
6-5 Valves .................................................................................................................................................................................38
6-6 Identification ...................................................................................................................................................................39
7 OSHA Regulations .................................................................................................................................... 40
7-1 OSHA Regulations ......................................................................................................................................................... 40
8 Glossary of Common Terms .................................................................................................................. 45
8-1 Glossary of Common Terms .......................................................................................................................................45
8-2 Wheel measurement ....................................................................................................................................................47
9 Conversion Tables ..................................................................................................................................... 48
9-1 Inch Fraction, Decimal and Millimeter Equivalents Chart (Up to 1 Inch) .................................................48
9-2 Conversion Factors ........................................................................................................................................................ 49
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