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Wheel - Front - LH - Remove And Replace: Remove

  1. Remove the LH front wheel. See Wheel - Remove And Install 
  2. Use a valve core tool to remove the valve core, and allow the tire to deflate.
    WARNING:

    The tire will rapidly deflate. Wear proper PPE, such as safety glasses and gloves.

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  3. Place the wheel on the tire machine, with the front of the wheel facing up.
  4. Position the center clamp in the wheel.
  5. Position the wheel cone on the center clamp and wheel, and then tighten the cone on the center clamp.
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  6. Rotate the tire and wheel to ensure the upper roller is 100mm in front of the valve.
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  7. Rotate the wheel to loosen the upper and lower tire beads. Lubricate the beads as the wheel rotates.
    CAUTION:

    The TPMS sensor is near the rim. Do not damage the TPMS sensor when loosening the upper bead.

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  8. Position the tire machine arm at the edge of the rim, and then use a bead lever to hook the arm on the upper tire bead.
    CAUTION:

    Position the TPMS sensor ahead of the tire machine arm so that when the wheel rotates, the arm does not damage the TPMS sensor.

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  9. Rotate the wheel to pull the upper tire bead above the rim. Lubricate the bead as the wheel rotates.
    CAUTION:

    Make sure the tire machine arm does not contact the TPMS sensor.

  10. Lift the tire and repeat the 2 previous steps on the lower tire bead, and then remove the tire from the wheel.
    CAUTION:

    Make sure the tire machine arm does not contact the TPMS sensor.

  11. Remove the nut that attaches the TPMS sensor to the wheel, and then remove the sensor from the wheel.
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  12. Remove the cone and center clamp from the wheel, and then remove the wheel from the tire machine.
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