Tires, Sealed with Sealant
Tires, Sealed with Sealant
Removing
Tires which have been filled or sealed with tire sealant, must be drained before removing from wheel.
• Do not let tire sealant come in contact with your eyes or skin.
• It is harmful to health, can cause eye irritation and allergies.
• Wear safety gloves and protective eyewear.
- Place the wheel on a flat surface.
- Remove the valve insert.
- Using a suitable drill bit or cutting bit, carefully drill a hole in the bead seat area of tire.
- Hold the wheel over a catch tray and let the sealant flow out.
- Remove the tire form the rim.
- Clean the rim with a damp cloth.
Mounting
• Make sure wheel rim is clean.
- Install a new tire valve using the (VAS 6459) - 1 -.
- Remove the valve insert.
- Inflate tire to approximately 3 to 4 bar, tire bead must slip audibly over rim hump when doing this.
- Install the valve insert.
- Check the tire pressure.
- Balance the tire.