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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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