Alcoa Wheel Service Manual
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HEAVY DUTY TRUCK WWHEELHEEL SSERVICEERVICE | TRAILER | BUS | MMANUALANUAL MOTOR HOME IIMPORTANTMPORTANT SAFETYSAFETY PRECAUTIONSPRECAUTIONS FORFOR TRUCKTRUCK RIMSRIMS ANDAND WHEELSWHEELS JANUARY 2012 SUPERSEDES APRIL 2011 IMPORTANT: Federal OSHA Regulations require all employers to make sure their employees who service rims/wheels understand the safety information contained in this manual. Do not let your employees service rims/wheels unless they are thoroughly trained and completely understand this safety information. If you are a service technician do not service rims/wheels unless you are thoroughly trained and completely understand this safety information. 01 AALC_ServiceManual2012_rem.inddLC_ServiceManual2012_rem.indd 0011 11/28/12/28/12 77:06:06 AAMM WARNING Wheels that are not properly ALCOA installed or maintained may not be safe. Failure to follow proper wheel installation or LIMITED WARRANTY maintenance practices may result in injury or FOR HEAVY DUTY TRUCKS, TRUCK TRAILERS, WARNING death. BUSES, RV and MOTORHOME WHEELS Follow the proper wheel installation and maintenance practices as contained in this Alcoa Service This limited warranty applies to Alcoa forged aluminum wheels with bead seat H diameters measured in .5 inch increments ("Wheels") and the surface of rim flange Manual. For additional copies of the manual and other useful treatments applied to the Wheels. "Transit Wheels" means Wheels used on transit items listed below, available free of charge, or for the most t vehicles, such as buses and vans, whose primary purpose is to transport people. recent updates, contact Alcoa Wheel and Transportation Products at 1-800-242-9898 or on the web at Alcoa warrants to the original purchaser, from Alcoa or its authorized distributor, that www.alcoawheels.com. T a new Alcoa truck, truck trailer, bus, RV or motorhome Wheel is free from defects in st material and workmanship for the applicable time period set below: (a) Except as stated in (b) of this section, Wheels are warranted for 60 months T from the date of manufacture as shown on the Wheel. w (b) Transit Wheels and RV and motorhome Wheels are warranted for 120 months To obtain information on free training on proper installation and li from the date of manufacture as shown on the Wheel. maintenance procedures, contact Alcoa Wheel Products at (800) 242-9898 or on the web at www.alcoawheels.com. n Alcoa agrees, without charge, to repair or replace a Wheel that fails in normal use o (see the qualifications section below) because of defects in material and workmanship. n Alcoa warrants to the original purchaser from Alcoa or its authorized distributor the 3 Dura-Flange® rim flange treatment against sharp edges for 24 months from the date Important information available free from Alcoa: of manufacture as shown on the Wheel. Alcoa warrants to the original purchaser from se Alcoa or its authorized distributor the Dura-Bright® surface treatment against (i) n filiform corrosion (worm or hair like lines, generally milky in appearance, underneath Alcoa Wheel Service Manuals in surface protective treatment and emanating from damage to the surface treatment • Disc Wheel Service Manual such as nicks, scratches, or damage from the mounting hardware or wheel weights), (ii) blistering due to loss of adhesion of the surface treatment and (iii) lift off of the surface treatment due to physical damage (nicks, scratches, gouges). The foregoing Videos/CD Dura-Bright® surface treatment warranty is applied for the application period of time • Safe Wheel and Tire Changing Practices for Heavy Duty set forth below: Trucks and Buses (a) Except as stated in (b) of this section, Dura-Bright® surface treatment on Wheels is warranted for 60 months from the date of manufacture as shown on • Maintaining Your Edge Rim Flange Maintenance the Wheel. • Simple Facts about Hub-Piloted Wheel System (b) Dura-Bright® surface treatment for RV and motorhome Wheels is warranted for Maintenance 120 months from the date of manufacture as shown on the Wheel. • Disc Wheel Inspection CD published by the TIA If the Dura-Flange® rim flange treatment or Dura-Bright® surface treatment fails in normal use or service (see the qualifications section below) to meet the foregoing warranties on any Wheel, Alcoa agrees, without charge, to replace the Wheel. Maintenance Charts Qualifications: Alcoa does not warrant, and will not repair or replace or make • Zipper Rupture adjustment, with respect to any Wheel or surface or rim flange treatment on such Published by RMA Wheel that has been subjected to misuse or abuse or any of the following: • Tire Information Service Bulletin (a) Using a tire which is oversized according to standards recommended by the Published by RMA Tire and Rim Association, Inc. or other recognized tire and rim agencies such as ETRTO (Europe); • Heavy & Medium Truck & Trailer Torque Specifications (b) Loading the Wheel beyond the applicable maximum wheel load as specified by Published by WRIS Alcoa; • Demounting & Mounting Procedures for Truck/Bus Tires (c) Inflating tires beyond the applicable maximum as specified by Alcoa; Published by RMA (d) Changing the original condition of the Wheel by alteration or by subjecting it to • Multipiece Rim Matching Chart any processing such as welding or straightening. Published by OSHA (e) Accidents; or abnormal or severe operating conditions including, without • Mounting/Demounting Instructions for Alcoa Aluminum limitation, tire fires, brake fires, severe brake system drags or seizures or running with a flat tire; 19.5" RW (f) Failure to follow maintenance instructions or warnings set forth in the Alcoa Published by Alcoa Wheel and Transportation Products Wheel Service Manual ("Service Manual"), Alcoa Technical Bulletins or other • Wheels and Steel Disc 19.5" Wheels Alcoa literature. Recommended maintenance includes, without limitation, using Published by Alcoa Wheel and Transportation Products proper torque, periodic cleaning, polishing, valve replacement, periodic inspection for damage, and loose lug nuts and rim flange wear inspections and procedures. (g) Nicks, scratches and other surface blemishes resulting from improper maintenance, Alcoa Rim Flange Safety Material cleaning, road debris, curbing, accident. • Maintaining Alcoa Aluminum Wheels Rim Flange (h) Rim flange wear (unless the rim has been treated with Dura-Flange®); or Wear Instructions (i) Damage due to cleaning with abrasives, abrasive brushes, steel wool, scouring • Rim Flange Wear Gauge pads, or strong chemicals (acids or alkaline). Alcoa's liability and purchasers' exclusive remedy for a Wheel or surface or rim Technical Bulletins available at www.alcoawheels.com. treatment on such Wheel that does not comply with the foregoing warranties is limited to repair of replacement of the Wheel. • Welding Rim Flange or otherwise heating Alcoa Aluminum Wheels Alcoa shall not be liable for any incidental, consequential, indirect or special damages for any breach of warranty. There is no warranty • Altering Alcoa Wheels from original design and use that a Wheel or surface or rim treatment of such Wheel shall be of adaptor plates merchantable or fit for any particular purpose. Nor is there any • Tire Balancers/Sealants other warranty, express or implied, except such as is expressly set • Wheel balancing weights forth in this limited warranty. • Mounting/demounting tires on Alcoa 22.5 This limited warranty should be used in conjunction with the Service Manual and the non-symmetrical wide base wheels Alcoa Dura-Bright® Wheel Finish Care and Maintenance manual. The Service Manual contains important safety information and warnings, and failure to read and understand • Rim Flange Wear this information may result in serious injury or death. 02 AALC_ServiceManual2012_rem.inddLC_ServiceManual2012_rem.indd 0022 11/28/12/28/12 77:07:07 AAMM Table of Contents How to use Section Number Page Number 1 this manual 1 Safety ...............................................................................................................................2 2 Inspection and Maintenance .................................................................................................3 This manual is written in a 2-1 Inspect thoroughly and frequently .........................................................................................................3 style called structured text. 2-2 Wheel alteration .....................................................................................................................................3 2 2-3 Heat damage ..........................................................................................................................................4 Throughout the manual you 2-4 Dimension checks ..................................................................................................................................5 will find numbers which look 2-5 Cracked or damaged wheel checks ........................................................................................................6 like this (See Section 3-1). These 2-6 Mounting area ........................................................................................................................................7 numbers are cross references to 3 2-7 Corrosion................................................................................................................................................8 other sections of the manual. The 2-8 Bolt holes ...............................................................................................................................................9