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 Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 4:21 pm Post subject: Adding Air to Main Tires |
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Dear List,
My plan for my main wheel pants was to create some sort of access door on the wheel pant to allow me to fill my mains w/o removing the front part of the wheel pant. Simple enough till I looked at the stem of my tire that points straight at my axel extension at basically 90 degrees to the side of the wheel pant. Rats! Nothing is simple. This valve orientation will require an excessively large door for access. Not practical.
I found a 90 degree Schrader valve adapter but I am not sure that is a good solution as it will probably rub on the axel extension and may also be too long.
Are there any builders that have found a solution to this issue.
Thanks,
Robin
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jesse(at)saintaviation.co
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| Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 6:50 pm Post subject: Adding Air to Main Tires |
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With a 2" hole and a pressure meter that has the angle on the end (about 45%, I think), you can get in there and check it. The location of the hole is fairly important, of course. I center it 2" or 2.5" behind and 1/2" above the center of the axle extender screw point and put in a Cirrus 2" plastic plug. It isn't perfect, but it works. You have to leave the cap off the valve stem, though.
Jesse Saint
Saint Aviation, Inc.
jesse(at)saintaviation.com (jesse(at)saintaviation.com)
Cell: 352-427-0285
Fax: 815-377-3694
On Mar 27, 2008, at 7:17 PM, Robin Marks wrote:[quote]Dear List,
My plan for my main wheel pants was to create some sort of access door on the wheel pant to allow me to fill my mains w/o removing the front part of the wheel pant. Simple enough till I looked at the stem of my tire that points straight at my axel extension at basically 90 degrees to the side of the wheel pant. Rats! Nothing is simple. This valve orientation will require an excessively large door for access. Not practical.
I found a 90 degree Schrader valve adapter but I am not sure that is a good solution as it will probably rub on the axel extension and may also be too long.
Are there any builders that have found a solution to this issue.
Thanks,
Robin
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coop85(at)cableone.net
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| Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 2:20 pm Post subject: Adding Air to Main Tires |
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I opted for a similar method but used a metal plug from Lowe’s aircraft supply that works great.
Marcus
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From: owner-rv10-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-rv10-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Jesse Saint
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 9:42 PM
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Subject: Re: Adding Air to Main Tires
With a 2" hole and a pressure meter that has the angle on the end (about 45%, I think), you can get in there and check it. The location of the hole is fairly important, of course. I center it 2" or 2.5" behind and 1/2" above the center of the axle extender screw point and put in a Cirrus 2" plastic plug. It isn't perfect, but it works. You have to leave the cap off the valve stem, though.
Jesse Saint
Saint Aviation, Inc.
jesse(at)saintaviation.com (jesse(at)saintaviation.com)
Cell: 352-427-0285
Fax: 815-377-3694
On Mar 27, 2008, at 7:17 PM, Robin Marks wrote:
Dear List,
My plan for my main wheel pants was to create some sort of access door on the wheel pant to allow me to fill my mains w/o removing the front part of the wheel pant. Simple enough till I looked at the stem of my tire that points straight at my axel extension at basically 90 degrees to the side of the wheel pant. Rats! Nothing is simple. This valve orientation will require an excessively large door for access. Not practical.
I found a 90 degree Schrader valve adapter but I am not sure that is a good solution as it will probably rub on the axel extension and may also be too long.
Are there any builders that have found a solution to this issue.
Thanks,
Robin
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