Invacare Zephyr User Manual page 149

Repairing a flat tyre
• Remove the valve cap.
• Exhaust the air from the tyre by pressing the spring pin in
the valve.
• Loosen and remove the 5 Allen screws (1).
• Remove the tyre with the inner tube from the rim halves.
• Repair the tube and re-fit or fit new tube
NOTE
If the old tube is to be repaired and re-fitted and has become wet during repair work, powdering
the hose with some talcum powder can simplify the fitting procedure.
• Re-insert the rim halves into the tyre from the outside.
• Pump a little air into the inner tube.
• Re-position the Allen screws and screw rim together tightly. Make sure the
inner tube does not get pinched between the rims halves!
• Check the exact fit of the tyre.
• Inflate the tyre to the prescribed air pressure.
• Re-check the exact fit of the tyre.
• Screw on the valve cap.
• Refit the wheel.
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