Tyre mounting

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Clamp wheel and coat inside of wheel and both tyre beads with mounting paste. The rubber valve must be replaced each time a tyre is mounted. When fitting tyres, the direction of rotation and the inner and outer sides should be noted. Important: Use only TIP TOP Universal, order No. 593 0601 (3.5 kg bucket) or Contifix as the tyre mounting paste. See General for important information about these tyre mounting pastes.
Set mounting tool to the correct distance.

Fig 1: Setting Mounting Tool To Correct Distance
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Fit the first tyre bead following the usual procedure.
At the start of the mounting process of the second bead, the mounting arm should be positioned opposite to the valve. Then place the second tyre bead on the tyre as flat as possible, guide over the mounting head and hold down offset by approx. 90-120 E with special tool 9539.

During the rotation and mounting of the second bead, the tyre bead must be held in the deep bed with a second tyre mounting lever and special tool 9539.

Fig 2: Holding Tyre Bead In Deep Bed With Second Tyre Mounting Lever & Special Tool 9539

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NOTE: It may be necessary (depending on the tyre/wheel combination) to position the additional tyre mounting lever below the hump.

Fig 3: Positioning Additional Tyre Mounting Lever Below Hump

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The beads must pop over the hump when the tyre is being filled - at the latest when 3.0 bar excess pressure is reached. If necessary, coat the tyre with mounting paste again.