Assembly Requirements

Assembly Requirements

Warm up cold tires to the minimum mounting temperature

• This also applies to ultra high performance tires (height/width ratio less than or equal to 45% and speed rating greater than or equal to V).

The minimum mounting temperature for a tire may not be below 15°C or above 30°C in the center of the tire.

• For injury-free mounting, the upper sidewall and the upper bead inside must be minimum 15°C.

• The internal temperature is called the core temperature.

• Rubber is a poor heat conductor, and for this reason, a cold tire must exposed to a temperature controlled environment until the inner rubber layers have warmed up to at least 15°C.

• The tire surface temperature during the warm-up phase is not a measure the inside temperature.

• So that the cold tires warm up as quickly as possible, never stack them one on top of the other; store them separated from each other so that the warm air can "circulate" around them.

• Never us a room heater or a hot air gun to warm up tires because the surface temperature will heat up very quickly to a critical temperature.

• To prevent damage, only warm water or warm air (maximum 50°C) can be used to warm up a tire!

• If cold tires (below 0°C) are brought into a warm room (above 0°C), a layer of ice will start to form on the tires. This layer of ice means that humidity in the warm air is condensing on the tire.

• Once the layer of ice starts to melt, wipe up the water with a rag so that the warming up process will not be slowed down.

Warm-up time:

• Using the example of a room temperature of at least 19°C and a tire temperature of 0°C or higher, the tires should be stored for at least 2 hours at at least 19°C.

• If the room temperature is minimum 19°C and the tire temperature is below 0 °C , then the tires should be stored for at least 2.5 hours at a minimum room temperature of 19°C.

Recommendations:

• if possible, let the tires stand in the workshop for 1 day before mounting them

• store the tires as high as possible on an insulated surface, pallet or something similar

• Position the tires so that they can be "surrounded" by the warm air

• Wipe off the sweat

• never heat the tires with a room heater or a hot air gun!