KAMAZ 5490 Operation Manual page 180

To disassemble the tubeless tire off the wheel rim
1. Completely let air out of the tire;
2. Make marks on the tire and wheel rim (to as-
sure balancing after re-assembling).
3. Place the wheel assembled with tire horizontal-
ly, with disk up.
4. By means of fork and flat straight iron ends,
remove completely the tire bead from a rim tapered seat
(see Fig. Sequence of wheel with tubeless tire disassem-
bling, 1).
Sequence of wheel with tubeless tire disassembling
5. Turn the wheel with tire over, with disk down,
in the same way, remove the second tire bead from a rim
seat.
6. Force the tire bead down till level of mounting
groove. Simultaneously, from the diametrically opposite
side, insert the curved flat iron ends between the wheel
rim and tire bead, withdraw the bead outside the rim end
face in that very place and further, working around the
wheel circumference, sink the rim end face inside the tire
(see Fig. Sequence of wheel with tubeless tire disassem-
bling, 2).
7. Turn the wheel with tire over, with disk up.
8. By means of curved and straight iron ends, at-
tach to the bottom rim flange and withdraw it from the
tire space, with this, the tire bead from the opposite side
should be in a rim mounting groove (see. Fig. Sequence
of wheel with tubeless tire disassembling, 3).
9. Keeping the rim in certain position shown in
Fig. Sequence of wheel with tire disassembling, 4) with
the help of a fork end of one of the tire irons, remove the
rim out of tire using the curved flat end of the second
iron, inserted successively around the circumference be-
tween the tire bead and rim flange.
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