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Knicholas2(at)aol.com
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Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 4:55 pm Post subject: Tire size distinction.

Here is a dumb question....

  

 The nose wheel on my RV9A went flat and I needed a tire and tube in a  hurry.  The size on the tire that I got from Van's reads  11 x 4.00  -5.   I tried to find a Michelin or Goodyear tire but everyone I  called was confused by the size distinction.

  

 So....  is there some magic secret code or conversion when buying a  different brand of tire ? What is the equivilant tire size in Michelin or  Goodyear?

  

 Thanks,

  

 Kim Nicholas

 RV9A

 Auburn,  WA



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Vanremog(at)aol.com
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Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 5:17 pm Post subject: Tire size distinction.

In a message dated 4/15/2008 5:57:54 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  Knicholas2(at)aol.com writes:

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		     The nose wheel on my RV9A went flat and I needed a tire and tube in a    hurry.  The size on the tire that I got from Van's reads  11 x 4.00    -5.   I tried to find a Michelin or Goodyear tire but everyone I    called was confused by the size distinction.

    

   So....  is there some magic secret code or conversion when buying a    different brand of tire ? What is the equivalent tire size in Michelin or    Goodyear?

	


 

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 The only known ones I am aware of are Lamb (I think now obsolete) and Cheng  Shin, and 11X4.00-5   6-ply is the correct designation.  ACS has them.

  

 Change  the tube too.

  

  

  

 N1GV (RV-6A, Flying 887hrs, O-360-A1A, C/S, Silicon  Valley) 



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ronlee(at)pcisys.net
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Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 5:45 pm Post subject: Tire size distinction.

Suggestion:  Always have a spare  main/nose tire and tube.  

 I always take that when I  travel.

  

 Ron Lee

  

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sbuc(at)hiwaay.net
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Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 5:45 pm Post subject: Tire size distinction.

Vanremog(at)aol.com wrote:

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 In a message dated 4/15/2008 5:57:54 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  

 Knicholas2(at)aol.com writes:

 

 The nose wheel on my RV9A went flat and I needed a tire and tube in a  hurry. 

  The size on the tire that I got from Van's reads  11 x 4.00  -5.   I tried 

 to find a Michelin or Goodyear tire but everyone I  called was confused by the 

 size distinction.

  

 So....  is there some magic secret code or conversion when buying a  

 different brand of tire ? What is the equivalent tire size in Michelin or  Goodyear?

 

 

 

 =============================================

  

 The only known ones I am aware of are Lamb (I think now obsolete) and Cheng  

 Shin, and 11X4.00-5  6-ply is the correct designation.  ACS has them.

  

 Change  the tube too.


	


And by all means carry a spare tube in the plane!



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