1930 Cadillac Brochure Front Cover - GM Heritage Center
1930 Cadillac Brochure Front Cover - GM Heritage Center
1930 Cadillac Brochure Front Cover - GM Heritage Center
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32 CADILLAC OPERATOR'S MANUAL<br />
EQUIPMENT 33<br />
Fipire 17a. Jack up the wheel until the<br />
tire clears the ground. Remove the dust<br />
cap and clamping nut from the valve stem.<br />
Remove the six rim clamps, unscrewing<br />
them with the brace wrench supplied in<br />
the tool kit.<br />
Fi'un lHa. Remove the hub cap with the<br />
wrench in the tool kit. Hub caps are<br />
marked with arrows showing the direction<br />
in which thev screw on and off'.<br />
Figure lib. Rotate the wheel until the<br />
valve stem is at the top, and pull the<br />
bottom of the rim awav from the wheel.<br />
Fif.'/rt lSb. lack up the axle until the<br />
weight of the car is off of the wheel, but<br />
with the tire still dragging. Loosen the<br />
cap screws around the wheel hub bv turning<br />
them in a counter-clockwise direction with<br />
the wrench. Then jack the wheel up<br />
further, remove the cap screws and take<br />
the wheel off of the hub.<br />
Fipire 17c. Then rotate the wheel until<br />
the valve stem approaches the bottom,<br />
when the rim and tire will roll free<br />
from the wheel and can be removed without<br />
lifting.<br />
Fiyirt lie. To mount a wheel, simplv set<br />
it up on the hub and start the cap screws<br />
by hand. Then tighten the screws with<br />
the wrench, but do not tighten them in<br />
rotation. After tightening one screw,<br />
tighten the screw directlv opposite.<br />
To mount a rim, rotate the wheel until the hole for the valve stem is in the position shown<br />
in the last illustration. Insert the valve stem and rotate the wheel, which will carry the rim<br />
with it, until the valve stem is at the top. Then push the lower part of the rim into place.<br />
Install the rim clamps over the rim and turn the nuts partly down. Go over the nuts again and<br />
tighten them firmly. Install the valve stem clamping nut and the dust cap. Be sure the clamping<br />
nut is tight.<br />
Fipire 17. Changing rims ..Standard wood wheels)<br />
F'i«n<br />
IS. Changing Wire Wheels