Disassembling Tire - Benelli TNT125 Maintenance Manual

Disassembling Tire

●Disassemble:
Tire (see "Disassembling Front Wheel / Rear Wheel),
Air inlet valve (bleed)
●To keep tires balanced, make a mark at the place of
air inlet valve stem using a chalk, so as to install the
tires at the original places later
Chalk mark or yellow mark [A],
Air inlet valve [B],
Aligning [C]
●Apply soap or rubber lubricant at tire beads and two
rim edges, so that tire beads may slip out from rim
edge easily.
Note
Do not use oil or gasoline distillate as lubricant,
because oil or gasoline distillate may rot the tires.
●Use tire changer to remove tires from rims.
Remark
Because tires are embedded firmly at rims, so they
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cannot be removed using manual tools.
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