Wiki source code of Wheel & Tire Mounting
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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="2"> 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> |
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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> |
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