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... ... @@ -1,3 +1,130 @@ 1 1 {{html wiki="false" clean="true"}} 2 - 2 +<body><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" > 3 + <tbody><tr> 4 + <td valign="top" align="left"><b><font size="2" face="Verdana">Tire 5 + Mounting</font></b> 6 + <p><b><font size="2" face="Verdana">Updated <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" 7 + S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%m/%d/%Y" startspan -->12/07/2009<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" i-CheckSum="12611" endspan -->.</font></b></p> 8 + <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">By James Frye.</font></p> 9 + <p><b><font face="Verdana" size="2">Safety first!</font></b><font face="Verdana" size="1"> Wear eye protection and never touch a powered 10 + robot!</font></p> 11 + </td> 12 + <td align="center" valign="top" width="320"><font size="2" face="Verdana"><img src="https://wiki.lynxmotion.com/info/wiki/lynxmotion/download/wheeled-tracked/tire-mounting/WebHome/tire09.jpg" border="2" hspace="10" ><br> 13 + <b>Tire mounted to the rim.</b></font></td> 14 + </tr> 15 + <tr> 16 + <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="2"><font size="2" face="Verdana"> </font> 17 + <hr color="#808080"> 18 + </td> 19 + </tr> 20 + <tr> 21 + <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="2"><font size="2" face="Verdana"> </font></td> 22 + </tr> 23 + <tr> 24 + <td valign="top" align="left"><b><font size="2" face="Verdana">Step 1.</font></b><font size="2" face="Verdana"><br> 25 + The first thing you need to do is use a utility knife or similar to 26 + carefully remove any imperfections on the inner part of the rim. This will 27 + make things much easier later on.</font> 28 + </td> 29 + <td align="center" valign="top" ><font size="2" face="Verdana"><img src="https://wiki.lynxmotion.com/info/wiki/lynxmotion/download/wheeled-tracked/tire-mounting/WebHome/tire01.jpg" border="2" hspace="10" ><br> 30 + Figure 1.</font></td> 31 + </tr> 32 + <tr> 33 + <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="2"><font size="2" face="Verdana"> </font></td> 34 + </tr> 35 + <tr> 36 + <td valign="top" align="left"><b><font size="2" face="Verdana">Step 2.</font></b><font size="2" face="Verdana"><br> 37 + Pull once side of the tire out, so that it sticks out like in the image. 38 + Insert one side of the rim. It helps to go at an angle in the middle, 39 + where the opening is the largest. Rotate the rim slowly while pressing it 40 + in to help coax it into place.</font> 41 + </td> 42 + <td align="center" valign="top" ><font size="2" face="Verdana"><img src="https://wiki.lynxmotion.com/info/wiki/lynxmotion/download/wheeled-tracked/tire-mounting/WebHome/tire02.jpg" border="2" hspace="10" ><br> 43 + Figure 2.</font></td> 44 + </tr> 45 + <tr> 46 + <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="2"><br class="pb"> 47 + </td> 48 + </tr> 49 + <tr> 50 + <td valign="top" align="left"><font size="2" face="Verdana"><b>Step 3.</b><br> 51 + You should end up with the tire and rim looking like Figure 3. </font> 52 + </td> 53 + <td align="center" valign="top" ><font size="2" face="Verdana"><img src="https://wiki.lynxmotion.com/info/wiki/lynxmotion/download/wheeled-tracked/tire-mounting/WebHome/tire03.jpg" border="2" hspace="10" ><br> 54 + Figure 3.</font></td> 55 + </tr> 56 + <tr> 57 + <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="2"><font size="2" face="Verdana"> </font></td> 58 + </tr> 59 + <tr> 60 + <td valign="top" align="left"><font size="2" face="Verdana"><b>Step 61 + 4.</b><br> 62 + Pull that side of the tire out again, so that it looks like Figure 4.</font> 63 + </td> 64 + <td align="center" valign="top" ><font size="2" face="Verdana"><img src="https://wiki.lynxmotion.com/info/wiki/lynxmotion/download/wheeled-tracked/tire-mounting/WebHome/tire04.jpg" border="2" hspace="10" ><br> 65 + Figure 4.</font></td> 66 + </tr> 67 + <tr> 68 + <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="2"><font size="2" face="Verdana"> </font></td> 69 + </tr> 70 + <tr> 71 + <td valign="top" align="left"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><b>Step 72 + 5.</b><br> 73 + This is the tricky part. Press the rim into the tire while rotating it. 74 + You want to end up with the rim almost fully into the tire with the bead 75 + still sticking out like in Figure 5. If there are any imperfections 76 + leftover from Step 1, then it may be difficult to pass the tire over them.</font></td> 77 + <td align="center" valign="top" ><font size="2" face="Verdana"><img src="https://wiki.lynxmotion.com/info/wiki/lynxmotion/download/wheeled-tracked/tire-mounting/WebHome/tire05.jpg" border="2" hspace="10" ><br> 78 + Figure 5.</font></td> 79 + </tr> 80 + <tr> 81 + <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="2"><br class="pb"> 82 + </td> 83 + </tr> 84 + <tr> 85 + <td valign="top" align="left"><font face="Verdana"><b><font size="2">Step 86 + 6.</font></b><font size="2"><br> 87 + Press the rim into the tire from both sides. The bead should now be 88 + completely in the flange.</font></font></td> 89 + <td align="center" valign="top" ><font size="2" face="Verdana"><img src="https://wiki.lynxmotion.com/info/wiki/lynxmotion/download/wheeled-tracked/tire-mounting/WebHome/tire06.jpg" border="2" hspace="10" ><br> 90 + Figure 6.</font></td> 91 + </tr> 92 + <tr> 93 + <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="2"><font size="2" face="Verdana"> </font></td> 94 + </tr> 95 + <tr> 96 + <td valign="top" align="left"><font face="Verdana"><b><font size="2">Step 97 + 7.</font></b><font size="2"><br> 98 + Flip the tire over. It should look something like Figure 7. </font></font> 99 + </td> 100 + <td align="center" valign="top" ><font size="2" face="Verdana"><img src="https://wiki.lynxmotion.com/info/wiki/lynxmotion/download/wheeled-tracked/tire-mounting/WebHome/tire07.jpg" border="2" hspace="10" ><br> 101 + Figure 7.</font></td> 102 + </tr> 103 + <tr> 104 + <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="2"><font size="2" face="Verdana"> </font></td> 105 + </tr> 106 + <tr> 107 + <td valign="top" align="left"><font face="Verdana"><b><font size="2">Step 108 + 8.</font></b><font size="2"><br> 109 + Almost half the bead is in the flange. Just hold that side in and pull the 110 + rest of the bead away from the center, and it will retract back into the 111 + flange.</font></font> 112 + </td> 113 + <td align="center" valign="top" ><font size="2" face="Verdana"><img src="https://wiki.lynxmotion.com/info/wiki/lynxmotion/download/wheeled-tracked/tire-mounting/WebHome/tire08.jpg" border="2" hspace="10" ><br> 114 + Figure 8.</font></td> 115 + </tr> 116 + <tr> 117 + <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="2"><br class="pb"> 118 + </td> 119 + </tr> 120 + <tr> 121 + <td valign="top" align="left"><font face="Verdana"><b><font size="2">Step 122 + 9.</font></b><font size="2"><br> 123 + There you have it! A perfect tire!</font></font> 124 + </td> 125 + <td align="center" valign="top" ><font size="2" face="Verdana"><img src="https://wiki.lynxmotion.com/info/wiki/lynxmotion/download/wheeled-tracked/tire-mounting/WebHome/tire09.jpg" border="2" hspace="10" ><br> 126 + Figure 9.</font></td> 127 + </tr> 128 +</tbody></table> 129 +</body> 3 3 {{/html}}