---------------------------------------------------------- RV9-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Mon 10/09/06: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 05:21 AM - Re: Nose wheel tube (Steve Dwyer) 2. 01:31 PM - Re: Nose wheel tube (Albert Gardner) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 05:21:29 AM PST US From: "Steve Dwyer" Subject: Re: RV9-List: 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 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 01:31:54 PM PST US From: "Albert Gardner" Subject: RE: RV9-List: Nose wheel tube 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