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1. 05:21 AM - Re: Nose wheel tube (Steve Dwyer)
2. 01:31 PM - Re: Nose wheel tube (Albert Gardner)
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Subject: | Re: Nose wheel tube |
I've had two years so far flying my RV-9A and no problems with a nose
wheel tire going flat.
Steve Dwyer
----- Original Message -----
From: Watson Colleen
To: rv9-list@matronics.com
Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 9:42 PM
Subject: RV9-List: Nose wheel tube
I have been flying my RV9A for a little over three years now and for
the most part it has been very trouble free. Yesterday I had my second
flat tire on the nose wheel. On both occasions I had checked the tires
before I departed my home airport, landed without incident at another
airport and when I started to leave an hour later the nose tire was
flat. With a great deal of effort I was able to get the tire off, the
tube out, my spare tube installed and the tire back on. The first tube
failed with a very slight split on the side wall. The second tube
failed with a very small pin hole in the side wall. On very careful
examination of the tire I could find nothing that would cause the
failures. Has any one else had this kind of trouble? If so how have
you resolved it? I am considering buying another wheel and carrying an
inflated tire and wheel as a spare instead of just the tube.
Thanks for your help and interest,
Dick Watson
N509RW
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No problems with nose wheel but I've noticed that as your brake pads
wear
there is a chance that-as they approach or slightly exceed max wear-they
might leak brake fluid and allow air into the lines as the reservoir
empties
out.
Albert Gardner
Yuma, AZ
N872RV
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