Mounting the Tire on the Wheel

CAUTION: Recommended vehicle tire mounting and inflation procedures are especially important with radial tires. Failure to follow these procedures can cause bead deformation in both tube type and tubeless tires due to incorrect bead seating. Bead deformation may lead to chafing, lower sidewall and bead area cracking, eccentric wear, ride vibration and nonretreadable casings. Only use rims approved for radial tire usage by the rim manufacture.

1. Clean the rim. Remove all rust and other foreign material.
2. Lubricate tire beads and rim bead seats with an approved rubber lubricant.

CAUTION: Do not use silicon base lubricants. This could cause the tire to slip on the wheel.








3. Attach the tire to the wheel.
a. Use a tire changing machine.





b. Align air valve and tire balancing match marks (about 8 mm diameter paint mark). Hold in this position and inflate the until the tire beads are firmly seated on the rim against the flanges (steel wheel model only).
4. Inflate the tire to operating pressure.
5. Check the bead seating.