rholder(at)avnet.co.uk
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 Posted: Sun May 06, 2007 8:59 am Post subject: Tyre change |
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| Quote: | I am with Karl in tire changing technique. I have a
nicely primed and painted 1" steel bar about 18" long
to slide inside the axle. Several steps but not hard.
An actual trigear jack point would have been a nice
design feature.
Its time, after about 70 flight hours to replace my
main tires again. I've been using new Goodyear Flight
Special II tires and these prime tires last fewer than
400 landings on concrete, both sides losing outboard
tread at a prodigious rate.
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I have a support which goes underneath the tank area. It
has two scissor jacks, with their screws connected
together with a wooden board across the top onto which I
also place a spongey mat.
With this I can jack up the whole of the rear of the
aircraft (with the weight on the nose-wheel and the jacks)
until both main wheels are off the ground. Then dealing
with the wheel and tyres is easy !
I could include a picture - I would need to take it and
the fuselage is not available at the moment 
I had a similar "outside edge" wear problem. I have been
told it is because the gear legs were not installed
correctly ! I changed the tyres at 175 hours, but all I
actually did was change them on their rims, so that the
worn part is now on the inside edge. I reckon on that
basis the tyres will last for 350 hours !
Please note that changing left to right without changing
on the rims will leave the worn part still on the outside !!
The tyres are the standard ones.
Richard Holder
G-OWWW Europa Classic tri-Gear High Cross
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