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A3 Mk2

Unseating run-flat tyres
Unseating run-flat tyres
  Caution
Observe safety notes → Chapter
–  Release air from tyre by unscrewing valve core.
  Note
t  On rims with bonded wheel trims, take care not to scratch the wheel trims.
t  Wheel trims have a very sensitive surface.
t  If a wheel trim is damaged, the rim must be renewed.
   
t  The wheel trim cannot be renewed.
  A44-10265
–  When using a tyre fitting machine with bead breaker to unseat the tyre, always make sure that the tyre valve/tyre pressure sensor-arrow- is on the opposite side to the bead breaker -1-.
Apply the bead breaker not more than 2 cm away from the wheel flange.
–  Remove balancing weights and coarse dirt from wheel.
  N44-10243
–  Unseat both tyre beads all round and apply a generous amount of tyre fitting lubricant between tyre and wheel flange -arrow-.
  N44-10244

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