Wheel - Front - LH - Remove And Replace: Remove
- Remove the LH front wheel. See Wheel - Remove And Install
- 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.
- Place the wheel on the tire machine, with the front of the wheel facing up.
- Position the center clamp in the wheel.
- Position the wheel cone on the center clamp and wheel, and then tighten the cone on the center clamp.
- Rotate the tire and wheel to ensure the upper roller is 100mm in front of the valve.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Remove the nut that attaches the TPMS sensor to the wheel, and then remove the sensor from the wheel.
- Remove the cone and center clamp from the wheel, and then remove the wheel from the tire machine.