---------------------------------------------------------- Kolb-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Wed 12/30/15: 4 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 06:07 AM - Happy New Year, and a message (Watkinsdw) 2. 07:01 PM - tires (Larry Cottrell) 3. 08:15 PM - Re: tires (B Young) 4. 09:14 PM - Re: tires (Charlie England) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 06:07:22 AM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Happy New Year, and a message From: "Watkinsdw" Greetings, fellow Kolbers, Since the group is pretty quiet right now, I'd like to let folks know that my MkIII Classsic is still for sale. If you talk to others who might be interested in owning a great 100hp 912-powered Kolb, please give them my contact number. I did a walk-around video, in case anyone wants to see her. Here is the link: http://youtu.be/dwpU42ViVDA Thanks, and fly safely! Dave Watkins Pompano Beach, FL 954-608-5423 Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=451495#451495 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 07:01:59 PM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: tires From: Larry Cottrell Well I have finally had enough of flat tires due to the tire spinning against the tube. I am using 800x6 tires on my Firestar. It would be nice to be able to run them with low tire pressure to absorb some of the rough country that I sometime land in. The problem of course is the tire spins and severs the valve stem. Not sure if you have priced tubes lately but they are about $56. each. I was toying with the idea of going flying, but discovered that I had a flat- again. (last one was two years ago, but its still too darned soon.) I was lucky in that I had a spare tube. I had to first modify my floor jack so that I could even lift the plane. I replaced the round cup with a 1.5 X 1.5 X10 inch piece of square tubing. I should have already done that, so I couldn't complain too much. This way I can stick the end of the axle inside the tubing and securely jack up the plane. When I took it apart it was as I had guessed, the valve stem was ripped off the tube. I think I have the Azusa rims, but the hole for the valve stem seems to be in the wrong place and one cannot access the valve stem while it is on the plane, since it requires that you use some sort of a tool to bend the 90 degree stem to a point that you can get to it with an air hose. The entire thing is guaranteed to make a Saint cranky. The only "light" part of the tire change occurred as I was screwing the two halves of the rims together. I was concerned that I might pinch the tube against the halves. I got the tire mounted and using a box end wrench to twist the valve stem so that I could put some air in it. I was bracing it against my vise to apply enough pressure. I put some air in it and when I stopped I could hear it hissing. I moved the tire and it quit? I put some more air in it and again it started hissing. I stopped and stood the tire up, and it quit again. In confusion I turned it up and found that I also had a can of WD 40 on the other side that was a lot emptier than when I started. The bench won't rust anyway. I called John Hauck to see what he knew about using screws to secure the tire to the rim. With a bit of internet search he found this site. http://www.jegs.com/p/JEGS-Performance-Products/JEGS-Wheel-Rim-to-Tire-Screw-Kit/756883/10002/-1 I ordered them. Not sure if anyone else could benefit from my experience or not, but there isn't anything else going on. I intend to put 6 in each side of the rims, and run about 4 lbs of air. John checked to see if he could find similar type screws, and the best he could do was about $1.29 each for stainless steel screws, so the price from JEGS was not all that bad. Have a great and safe New Year, Larry -- *The older I get, the less tolerant I am of those who are intolerant.* *If you forward this email, or any part of it, please remove my email address before sending.* ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 08:15:12 PM PST US Subject: Re: Kolb-List: tires From: B Young I've heard this but have no further information.... Once you set the tires on the rims, you can let the air out of the tires, brush in some contact cement between the tire and rim, then put air back in the tire. Let the glue dry and install... To remove drip in some MEK to soften and clean up the glue. Anyone heard about this or have any more information on how it works? Boyd young On Dec 30, 2015 8:04 PM, "Larry Cottrell" wrote: > Well I have finally had enough of flat tires due to the tire spinning > against the tube. I am using 800x6 tires on my Firestar. It would be nice > to be able to run them with low tire pressure to absorb some of the rough > country that I sometime land in. The problem of course is the tire spins > and severs the valve stem. Not sure if you have priced tubes lately but > they are about $56. each. > > I was toying with the idea of going flying, but discovered that I had a > flat- again. (last one was two years ago, but its still too darned soon.) I > was lucky in that I had a spare tube. I had to first modify my floor jack > so that I could even lift the plane. I replaced the round cup with a 1.5 X > 1.5 X10 inch piece of square tubing. I should have already done that, so I > couldn't complain too much. This way I can stick the end of the axle insi de > the tubing and securely jack up the plane. > > When I took it apart it was as I had guessed, the valve stem was ripped > off the tube. I think I have the Azusa rims, but the hole for the valve > stem seems to be in the wrong place and one cannot access the valve stem > while it is on the plane, since it requires that you use some sort of a > tool to bend the 90 degree stem to a point that you can get to it with an > air hose. The entire thing is guaranteed to make a Saint cranky. > > The only "light" part of the tire change occurred as I was screwing the > two halves of the rims together. I was concerned that I might pinch the > tube against the halves. I got the tire mounted and using a box end wrenc h > to twist the valve stem so that I could put some air in it. I was bracing > it against my vise to apply enough pressure. I put some air in it and whe n > I stopped I could hear it hissing. I moved the tire and it quit? I put so me > more air in it and again it started hissing. I stopped and stood the tire > up, and it quit again. In confusion I turned it up and found that I also > had a can of WD 40 on the other side that was a lot emptier than when I > started. The bench won't rust anyway. > > I called John Hauck to see what he knew about using screws to secure the > tire to the rim. With a bit of internet search he found this site. > > > http://www.jegs.com/p/JEGS-Performance-Products/JEGS-Wheel-Rim-to-Tire-Sc rew-Kit/756883/10002/-1 > > I ordered them. Not sure if anyone else could benefit from my experience > or not, but there isn't anything else going on. I intend to put 6 in each > side of the rims, and run about 4 lbs of air. John checked to see if he > could find similar type screws, and the best he could do was about $1.29 > each for stainless steel screws, so the price from JEGS was not all that > bad. > > > Have a great and safe New Year, > Larry > > > -- > *The older I get, the less tolerant I am of those who are intolerant.* > > *If you forward this email, or any part of it, please remove my email > address before sending.* > ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 09:14:47 PM PST US Subject: Re: Kolb-List: tires From: Charlie England On 12/30/2015 9:01 PM, Larry Cottrell wrote: > Well I have finally had enough of flat tires due to the tire spinning > against the tube. I am using 800x6 tires on my Firestar. It would be > nice to be able to run them with low tire pressure to absorb some of > the rough country that I sometime land in. The problem of course is > the tire spins and severs the valve stem. Not sure if you have priced > tubes lately but they are about $56. each. > > I was toying with the idea of going flying, but discovered that I had > a flat- again. (last one was two years ago, but its still too darned > soon.) I was lucky in that I had a spare tube. I had to first modify > my floor jack so that I could even lift the plane. I replaced the > round cup with a 1.5 X 1.5 X10 inch piece of square tubing. I should > have already done that, so I couldn't complain too much. This way I > can stick the end of the axle inside the tubing and securely jack up > the plane. > > When I took it apart it was as I had guessed, the valve stem was > ripped off the tube. I think I have the Azusa rims, but the hole for > the valve stem seems to be in the wrong place and one cannot access > the valve stem while it is on the plane, since it requires that you > use some sort of a tool to bend the 90 degree stem to a point that you > can get to it with an air hose. The entire thing is guaranteed to make > a Saint cranky. > > The only "light" part of the tire change occurred as I was screwing > the two halves of the rims together. I was concerned that I might > pinch the tube against the halves. I got the tire mounted and using a > box end wrench to twist the valve stem so that I could put some air in > it. I was bracing it against my vise to apply enough pressure. I put > some air in it and when I stopped I could hear it hissing. I moved the > tire and it quit? I put some more air in it and again it started > hissing. I stopped and stood the tire up, and it quit again. In > confusion I turned it up and found that I also had a can of WD 40 on > the other side that was a lot emptier than when I started. The bench > won't rust anyway. > > I called John Hauck to see what he knew about using screws to secure > the tire to the rim. With a bit of internet search he found this site. > > http://www.jegs.com/p/JEGS-Performance-Products/JEGS-Wheel-Rim-to-Tire-Screw-Kit/756883/10002/-1 > > I ordered them. Not sure if anyone else could benefit from my > experience or not, but there isn't anything else going on. I intend to > put 6 in each side of the rims, and run about 4 lbs of air. John > checked to see if he could find similar type screws, and the best he > could do was about $1.29 each for stainless steel screws, so the price > from JEGS was not all that bad. > > > Have a great and safe New Year, > Larry > > Ouch! https://www.boltdepot.com/Sheet_metal_screws_Slotted_hex_washer_head_Stainless_steel_18-8_14.aspx ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message kolb-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Kolb-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/kolb-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/kolb-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.