The Tire Changer

Tire changers and wheel balancers are an essential part of any automotive shop. They have exclusive features that operate in harmony to basically and safely change the world’s toughest new performance tires and wheels.

Some have ultra-thin floating tool heads that inserts itself between tire and wheel, and pulls up and positions the bead without any levers and less risk of bead damage. This particular type is called the f Apo Tire Changer. This operation helps eliminate technicians straining to pull over hard beads, eliminates damage of beads with thick levers, and eliminates rim damage from lever in the work of de-mounting. Patented tool head inserts itself in to tire, pulls bead over and de-mounts in liquid down/up motion. Narrow, broad head alleviates stress on the bead, while remaining strong to resist the huge forces created by the most difficult tires.

The wheel support plate middle clamps for maximum diameter flexibility. The wheel support plate is also adjustable to working heights, cam action tighten as wheel turns, and the same clamping technique is used for reverse and standard wheels. Basically pushing or pulling the single diameter control arm adjusts the tool head and rollers to the correct diameter. No other modification is necessary, as the diameter is then set for all tires.

These Apo model wheel changers have simple controls. Switches and one-foot pedal control virtually all tire changing operations. With the most intuitive controls of any tire changer, it delivers an unmatched cycle time, a short learning curve and few chances for mistakes. These tire changers also has simple clamping. With basically adjustable clamping heights, no flange plates are needed for most reverse wheels. All offsets and reverses are serviced at the same approximate height. Rubber cover protects pricey reverse wheels from damage. Anti-rotation pin extensions are used with reverse wheels. As the wheel turns, the cam plate rises to exert additional gripping force on the wheel.

Using blast inflation, a handheld nozzle allows the technician to direct a huge burst of compressed air exactly where needed to basically set the bead. A compression trigger and foot pedal protect the operator from accidental discharge. A sensor on the bead-loosening roller detects when the roller is under the rim flange and automatically indents. This lets you roll the bead loose in lieu of forcing it like shovel systems. When backing out, the roller always moves away from the rim then out, to eliminate rim contact.

With the use of this piece of equipment, you have bead press arms that assist in mounting difficult tires. The bead press arm is secured to the tool head controls and is cleared out-of-the way automatically as the tool head is raised. Bead press arm pushes tire in drop-center for simpler mounting. The bead press arm eases de-mounting of a standard tire. The bead press arm is used to press opposite side of tire in to drop-center.

There’s plenty of different model and brand tire changers that can be found on the market and in automotive shops; along with automobile lifts, whether new or used automobile lifts.

You can view more of the products I concentrate on at Apoautomotive Equipment Co., Ltd. such as automobile lifts, wheel alignment, wheel balancers, and tire changers.

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