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Note:Beforeyouaddair,ensurethatthetireis
properlyinstalledonthemachine,orputthewheelina
restrainingdevice,suchasatireinationcage.
2.Removethecapfromthevalvestem.
3.Attachtheself-lockingchuckoftheairhosetothe
valvestem.
4.Wheninatingthetirewhileitismountedtothe
machine,standbehindthetreadofthetire.
Note:Ensurethatallpersonsareawayfromtheside
ofthetirebeforeyoustarttoaddair.
5.Opentheremoteshutoffvalvetoinatethetiretothe
speciedpressure,thenclosethevalve.
Important:Donotinatethetiremorethanthe
recommendedpressure.
6.Removetheairchuckfromthevalvestem.
7.Installthecaponthevalvestem.
MaintainingtheTiresandWheels
Alwayshaveaqualiedtiretechnicianservicethetiresand
wheelsofthismachine.Topreventaccidents,usearestraining
device(suchasatireinationcage),thecorrectequipment,
andthecorrectprocedure.
Important:Thereare2differenttire-treadpatternand
wheelcombinations;theleft-sidetiresandtheright-side
tiresaredifferent.Ensurethatthetreaddirectionofthe
tireandthevalvesteminthewheelarecorrectlyaligned
beforeinstallingthetiretotherim.
Figure82
1.Left-sidetire
3.Right-sidetire
2.Forward4.Valvestem
TorquingtheWheelNuts
1.Ensurethatthemountingangeofthewheelisush
againstthemountingangeoftheaxle.
2.Incrementallytorquethewheelnutsforeachwheel
asfollows:
A.Torquetheallwheelnutsto100N-m(75ft-lb)in
thesequenceshowninFigure83.
Figure83
B.Torqueallthenutsto200N-m(150ft-lb)inthe
sequenceshowninFigure83.
C.Torqueallthenutsto300N-m(225ft-lb)inthe
sequenceshowninFigure83.
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