Wiki source code of Wheel & Tire Mounting
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11.1 | 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> | ||
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12.1 | 9 | <p><b><font face="Verdana" size="2">Safety first!</font></b><font face="Verdana" size="2"> Wear eye protection and never touch a powered |
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11.1 | 10 | robot!</font></p> |
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| 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> | ||
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