REFLECTOR: Re: [Canards] Great Tire Changing Tool

Ronnie Brown romott at adelphia.net
Sun Sep 5 13:49:24 CDT 2004


Here's the same changer cheaper at Harbor Freight ($29.95).  

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=34552

And for those of you who haven't had the pleasure of removing an airplane tire - you can't get the tire off the rim by removing the 3 bolts that hold the wheel together.  You have to break the bead of the tire loose from the wheel first. (Don't ask me how I know this!!!) That is what this tool does.

Ronnie
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Flying Tiger 
  To: AACanards ; AAviators Canard 
  Cc: Michael Zwijacz 
  Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2004 1:21 PM
  Subject: [Canards] Great Tire Changing Tool


  Hi all,

  A couple days ago my LongEZ  buddy asked me to help him change his tires.  This is not a complex job but without a dedicated tire changing tool it's dirty, time consuming and for me frustrating most of the time, since it's usually not easy to break the tire loose from the rims. 

  For most of us we sit down on the floor, let the air out of the tube and begin using long handled flat head screw drivers with mallets or hammers attempting to break the bead loose from the rim as we move the flat screwdriver head around under the lip of the rim. Sound familiar?

  We'll a few years ago after one of my bouts with a tire rim I thought there had to be a simpler way. I remembered changing tires as a kid years ago when I worked for Mario Zecca's Cities Service station back in western PA. Surely there had to be a smaller version of a professional tire changing tool for aircraft and I found one. 

  I've been using this little tool for the past couple years and it makes tire changing a breeze. I bought it from Northern Tool which is a discounted web/catalog store and it's a deal at only $40. Once you've got it all your EZ/Experimental buddies will beg you for it over and over again. It fits most GA aircraft wheel sizes too.

  Have a look for yourself at the following site:

  http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=6970&langId=-1&catalogId=4006970&PHOTOS=on&productId=13610&categoryId=0

  Tim LoDolce
  VEZE Truckee Tahoe
  EAA TechCounslr/FltAdvsr


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