OPERATION SECTION 1 Page 45 USING ACCUMULATORS PRECAUTIONS FOR MAINTENANCE The accumulators are on the right inside of the rear frame under the center platform WARNING! The accumulators are filled with highly pressurized nitrogen. To avoid explosions, observe the fallowing precautions. - If accumulators break down or have trouble, immediately ask your distributor to make the repairs. - Only personnel and those licensed to setvice high pressure equipment may recharge an accumulator with nitrogen. * Never strike a charged accumulator or expose it to flames. * Never weld piping to or cut opening in an accumulator. .
Never overhaul or dispose of an accumulator without first bleeding out all the nitrogen through the air bleeder valve. * Always handle an accumulator with the utmost care! Fiave your distributor check the gas pressure every 2000 hours or every year. HANDLING TIRES PRECAUTIONS WHEN HANDLING TIRES If the following defects are found in tires, for safety reasons the tire should be replaced with a new tire. Trsa* 1 Bead wire is broken or bent, or the tire is greatly deformed. Wear is excessive and the carcass ply (excluding breaker) is exposed for more than l/4 of the circum- ference. Tire layers are separated Damage to the carcass exceeds l/3 of the tire width. Radial cracks reach the carcass.
Deformation or damage which makes the tire unsuitable for use