REFLECTOR: RE: [Canards] Great Tire Changing Tool
Frank Pullano Jr
frank at remotearrow.com
Sun Sep 5 20:45:24 CDT 2004
I assume that this doesn't need to be said but JUST IN CASE... Please be
very cautions and deflate your tires BEFORE you try to remove the bolts. If
you loosen the bolts while the tire holds pressure, you can easily kill
yourself or who ever might be in the line of fire. For what it's worth.
-Frank
-----Original Message-----
From: Canards-bounces at tnstaafl.net [mailto:Canards-bounces at tnstaafl.net]On
Behalf Of Ronnie Brown
Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2004 2:49 PM
To: Canards at tnstaafl.net
Cc: reflector at tvbf.org
Subject: Re: [Canards] Great Tire Changing Tool
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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