Ranger's R980XR NEXTGEN™ Swing-Arm Tire Changer
Efficient Tire Changes with Streamlined Swing-Arm Design
Many automotive repair shops cater to the needs of everyday commuter cars, pick-ups, and SUVs, which generally have tires and wheels that are straightforward to handle. These vehicles don't demand extensive features and add-ons. Specialty tools become essential when dealing with aluminum wheels, run-flats, and low-profile tires. For those seeking a space-saving solution for basic and swift tire changes, the R980XR proves to be an ideal choice. Its flush wall installation keeps it unobtrusive, and the accompanying non-marring duck heads are versatile for a wide array of wheels. Whether as your primary machine or backup to a more sophisticated model, the R980XR doesn't disappoint.
Precision in Design, Durability in Build
Each R980XR tire changer incorporates cutting-edge design and wheel service technology, delivering optimal value and performance within its class. The robust motor and gearbox operate systematically at controlled speeds, ensuring effortless tire removal and installation. Ergonomically placed controls minimize unnecessary reaching, walking, or bending, boosting daily job completion and overall profitability. Spacious storage trays accommodate wheel weights, tools, and accessories, enhancing the functionality of this tire changer.
Electrically Powered Turntable
The R980XR models feature a high-torque electric turntable, designed to expedite tire changes. With faster speeds and reversible direction, this feature keeps the workflow smooth. Controlled speeds play a crucial role in protecting low-profile and run-flat beads, mitigating the risk of tire damage.
Innovative Bead-breaking Mechanism
A potent pneumatic drop-center tool significantly reduces the effort required to handle tires with robust sidewalls. This allows operators to focus on safer and more efficient work. The tool holds run-flat and low-profile sidewalls in the drop-center and follows the bead as the tire mounts. A "swing-in" bottom disc aids in loosening stubborn bottom beads or provides lift and support for wide or heavy tires.
Enhanced Electric Motor
The improved electric motor incorporates proven technologies, including rugged copper rotor construction, high-quality bearings, thermal-cool epoxy insulation, and durable rolled steel frames.
Accessible Controls
All controls are strategically positioned for easy access and efficient operation, ensuring a comfortable and productive tire-changing experience.
High-quality Pneumatic Components
Stainless steel and aluminum pneumatic cylinders are crafted to reduce machine vibration and offer low-friction, long-life operation. Standard internal end-of-stroke cushions provide extra cushioning at the end of each full stroke, minimizing wear on seals, wear bands, and piston rods.
Well-balanced Flywheel
Every flywheel on our tire changers is perfectly balanced to eliminate vibration and reduce stress on machine components.
Efficient Bead-breaker Design
Bilateral pneumatic accelerators deliver impressive bead-breaker speeds, even in reverse. The stainless-steel bead-breaker cylinder is resistant to moisture, eliminating the risk of corrosion. A multi-axis adjustable blade accommodates various tire and wheel combinations.
Robust Bead-breaker Blade
The bead-breaker blade is reinforced with a rugged box frame, enhancing the overall integrity of the tire changer structure. A substantial rubber bump-stop ensures smoother returns, reducing shock loading and wear on cylinders and other moving parts.
Versatile Mount & Demount Head
The equi-dimensional shape of the hardened alloy steel mount and demount head provides a micro-smooth tool head surface for seamless tire bead gliding. In addition to the standard alloy-steel mount and demount head, a rugged polymer mount/demount head with an adapter is included to safeguard fragile tires and rims from metal-to-metal contact damage.
Reliable Pneumatic Control Valves
Industrial-grade pneumatic control valves with die-cast and machined bodies constructed from zinc and aluminum ensure durability. High-performance polyurethane seals and self-lubricating Teflon® piston guides extend the life of the tire changer and enhance overall performance. Valve plungers with muffled extrication ports automatically clear any dirt or contamination accumulated on the outside perimeter of the spool when the valve goes into the release position.
Adjustable RimGuard™ Wheel Clamps
Ranger’s exclusive RimGuard™ wheel clamps expand up to 30”, featuring high-quality hardened steel construction. The clamps boast two sets of multi-teeth jaws, both internal and external, along with vertical mounting bolts for quick tire changes.
Simplified Bead Lubrication
Visual inspections are crucial for proper tire changer operation, and Ranger’s geometric tabletop facilitates bead lubrication and easy inspection of lower beads during mounts and demounts.
Effortless Foot-pedal Control
Forged steel foot pedal levers ensure durability and handle heavy-duty operations seamlessly. Snap-action springs swiftly return the pedal to the neutral position upon release. Multi-link rod connections ensure non-binding plunger movement and precise bilateral control.
High-pressure Pneumatic Tubing
Ranger Next Gen™ tire changers come equipped with high-pressure polyurethane pneumatic tubing, featuring a seamless bore for enhanced flow rates, high abrasion resistance, high burst tolerance, and maximum kink resistance.
TurboBlast™ Bead Seating
The TurboBlast™ bead seating system, exclusive to Ranger tire changers, utilizes a powerful blast from an attached hose to force air and seat stubborn beads. The non-marring nylon discharge barrel, featuring a contoured tab, securely locks onto the rim's edge for controlled air discharge between the tire and wheel. A welded-steel, eight-gallon surge tank is ever-ready for heavy-duty use, ensuring extremely fast charge times. The maintenance-free gearbox adds to the durability and efficiency of the tire changer.
Innovative Gearbox Design
The newly designed, maintenance-free gearbox incorporates a large oil and grease reservoir for efficient heat dissipation and improved lubrication, ensuring a longer service life. Internal baffles and a constant seating stress flange gasket guarantee positive, leak-free venting. The precision-milled gearbox enclosure ensures precise alignment of horizontal and vertical bases, featuring precision helical gears that operate smoothly and quietly compared to typical spur gear transmissions.
Comprehensive Wheel Service Accessories
To optimize shop efficiency, a range of wheel service accessories is included with the tire changer. Essential items like a soap bucket and brush, plastic wheel protector kit with turntable jaw covers, bead-breaker blade boots, and specialized mount/demount head covers contribute to a smoother shop operation. The inclusion of a hardened steel tire iron and bead lever tool assists in handling even the most stubborn tire change operations.
Sealed Electrical Components
Ranger tire changers are meticulously sealed to safeguard main-lead electrical terminals, auxiliary switches, and motor enclosures from dust and contaminants. This attention to detail ensures worry-free operation and maintenance of your tire changer.
Advanced Drive Belt System
The R980XR's drive belt boasts convex sidewalls for even wear distribution, providing support for efficient and prolonged tire changer operation. The flex-bonded cords and flex-weave covers offer reliable protection against oil, heat, and aging.
Spring-assisted Tool Shaft
A 45 mm spring-assisted hexagonal vertical tool shaft and a hardened-steel horizontal outrigger support arm maintain the perfect position of the mount-demount tool head during all tire service procedures, significantly reducing the risk of tire damage.
Foot-controlled Tire Inflator
An easily accessible, pedal-activated tire inflator initiates tire inflation when the ergonomically placed foot pedal is depressed. The sure-grip clip-on valve chuck attached directly to the inflation hose allows operators to inflate tires without using their hands. An integrated air pressure dump valve enables quick
Ranger DST30P Wheel Balancer—Achieving Balance in a Single Spin
Efficient Single-Spin Balancing
The DST30P excels at precisely calibrating wheel and tire setups with impressive accuracy and efficiency. Comparable to the DST-2420 wheel balancer, this unit accommodates wheels up to 30 inches in diameter. It shares many working components with the DST-2420 but distinguishes itself by incorporating the 64-tooth magnetic transducer encoder from the DST-64T, ensuring minimal yet incredibly precise placements of wheel weights.
The larger encoder, featuring precision-cut square teeth for rapid conversion of rotary position to a digital signal, attains maximum profile and top-dead-center positioning swiftly. In line with our commitment to catering to shops of all sizes, we have reduced the unit's footprint by narrowing the chassis.
For those seeking precise measurements without the digital extras, add-ons, and increased body size of the DST-64T, the DST30P stands as the ideal wheel balancer for your shop. It offers a cost-effective hybrid solution that delivers the most accurate readings you can achieve from a wheel balancer.
Direct-Drive Efficiency
The Direct-Axis drive system ensures smooth operation of the DST30P over time. A single belt connects the motor and unbalance sensor, reducing most maintenance costs over the years of service. Featuring highly precise digital sensor technology, the DST30P enhances wheel weight placement options while maintaining a space-efficient and cost-effective solution for your shop. Standard dynamic, static, and ALU balancing modes, along with dual-plane calibration, accommodate OEM configurations and performance wheels.
Ranger's proprietary Digital Sensor Technology, boasting a 16-digit digital sensor processor and single-chip technology, ensures better speed and accuracy in readings. This sophisticated technology is essential for balancing OEM and performance wheels properly.
Multi-directional Quartz Piezoelectric Load Sensors
Utilizing dual-component piezoelectric quartz load sensors and a digital rotation encoder, the DST30P measures longitudinal, transversal, and shear effects for multi-directional force unbalance detection. The piezoelectric force sensors, known for superior stability and fatigue resistance, ensure unlimited service life for your wheel balancer.
Quick & Precise Setup
Equipped with a variety of hardened-steel mounting cones, the DST30P works seamlessly with nearly all wheel types, including most light trucks and SUVs. A rubber "quick-nut" bell adapter, featuring a non-marring rear cone mount pressure cup, securely holds mounted wheels in place without causing damage during balancing procedures.
Mounting Cone Package
The tooling package of the DST30P includes car and light truck cones, as well as a heavy-duty truck cone. The package comprises three "smaller" cones: 1.75" - 2.75", 2.75" - 3.50", and 3.50" - 4.25", along with one truck cone 4.50" - 5.00". Formerly an optional accessory, the 4.5" - 5.00" truck cone package is now standard.
A separate, larger double-sided centering Truck Cone Kit, fitting hub sizes 4.75" - 6.75", is available for purchase and is compatible with the DST30P.
Tape Weight Feeder
The tape weight feeder on the side shelf of the wheel balancer ensures easy access to Ranger Quick-Peel™ adhesive tape weights. The 64-tooth encoder enhances automatic weight optimization, providing more accurate weight calculations compared to the DST-2420. This improvement results in precise placements, reducing the required weight and saving time for increased efficiency and profitability.
Full-tilt Display Panel
Elevating the touch-pad display panel to a tower-style design, the DST30P offers enhanced flexibility in operation. The extended, fully adjustable display eliminates glare issues and provides a more ergonomic experience for operators with different needs, ensuring comfortable calibration of tire and wheel configurations.
LED Rolling Wheel Weight Displays
Highly visible LED displays guide you to the exact weight placement positions within seconds. These LED indicators offer clear visibility when the mounted wheel is rolled to the top-dead-center position. With an improved encoder wheel, the DST30P's LED display is more sensitive and accurate than ever before.
R980XR NEXTGEN™ Swing-Arm Tire Changer Features:
- Wheel Clamping Method (Adjustable Clamps)
- Table Clamping System
- Bead Breaking System
- Tool Holder
- Inflation Gauge With Integrated Air Dump Valve
- Inflation Pressure Regulator/Limiter
- Water Filter
- Oiler / Lubricator
- Air Regulator
- Breaker Bar
- Large Soap / Lubricator Bucket
- Brush
- Alloy-Steel Mount/Demount Head
- Plastic-Polymer Mount/Demount Head
- Tower Design
- Inflation Restraint Device
- Bead Seating System
- Tool Tray / Bin Storage
- Motorcycle Turntable Clamps
DST30P Wheel Balancer Features:
- Dynamic, Static, and Performance Alloy settings
- Multi-user save function for increased productivity
- Ergonomic control board with an easy-to-read LED display, vibrant visual cues, and keypad for improved efficiency and proper balancing techniques, ensuring faster floor-to-floor times
- Simultaneous retrieval of static, dynamic, and ALU1/ALU2 data with a simple push of a button, identifying weight placement configurations for various wheel styles and designs
- Automatic rolling wheel parameter setting feature for time-saving and error reduction
- Low RPM balancing speed and rapid six-second cycle time
- Automatic braking
- Gram/ounce selection and millimeter/inch selection
- Automatic round-off with top-dead-center weight position indicator
- Manual or automatic start when the hood is lowered
- Self-calibration function
- High-volume top weight tray and side shelf storage for a wide variety of wheel weights and tools
- Newly designed side shelf with an open-top design accommodating Ranger Quick-Peel™ adhesive tape weight bulk rolls
- Precision-machined, hardened-steel 40 mm shaft
- Quick-release hub nut for significantly reduced setup times
- Side-position brake holds wheels precisely at 12-o'clock for proper weight placement
- Side cone storage pegs keep accessories readily available
- New "open-side" hood design allows for broader coverage of tire shapes and sizes
Includes:
- Wheel Weight Kit (1400 Pcs.)
- One bulk roll of 700 silver adhesive steel tape weights
- One bulk roll of 700 black adhesive steel tape weights
