REFLECTOR:FG nose wheel tire removal

[reflector@tvbf.org]

You're right.  It came apart easily.  Thanks.
> This post makes it clear what is causing you trouble.The 3/4" diameter part(s) 
> are simply bushings on the 5/8" axle that keep the wheel centered on the axle. 
> The axle is 5/8" all the way through and it is threaded into the fork on the 
> side opposite the set screw. Remove the set screw and the axle can then be 
> screwed out by screwing a short bolt into the tapped hole where the wheel pant 
> is attached on the side of the fork opposite the set screw, and turning the axle 
> using the head of the short bolt. Use an AN or grade 8 short bolt,  because if 
> it has been a while since the axle has been removed it might turn pretty hard 
> and you don't want twist off the little bolt.
> 
> Once the axle is removed, the wheel may or may not come out of the fork in one 
> piece. If the bosses on the inside of the fork keep you from removing the wheel 
> in one piece you will have to take the wheel haves apart while the wheel is 
> still in the fork as was described in several of the posts.
> 
> Don
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: douglas holub 
>   To: reflector@tvbf.org 
>   Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 7:40 PM
>   Subject: Re: REFLECTOR:FG nose wheel tire removal
> 
> 
>   Thanks everybody.  This wheel assembly is 16 years old, and maybe it doesn't 
> look like yours do now.  There's only one long set screw.  The axle is as long 
> as the fork is wide.  I can see a 5/8" axle flush with the outside of both sides 
> of the fork, but the axle is 3/4" where it goes through the wheel bearings.  
> Both ends of the axle have a tapped hole in the center; that's where my wheel 
> pant attaches.  There's no screwdriver slot with which to turn the axle.  I 
> wonder if the 3/4" diameter part is just a bushing and the axle is 5/8" diameter 
> and just pressed in.
> 
>   Doug
>     ----- Original Message ----- 
>     From: Laurence Coen 
>     To: reflector@tvbf.org 
>     Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 8:19 PM
>     Subject: Re: REFLECTOR:FG nose wheel tire removal
> 
> 
>     Doug, 
> 
>     I am guessing that you are not the builder of your aircraft.  The wheel 
> needs to be removed from the fork by extracting the axle.  The wheel has through 
> bolts that when removed allow the wheel to be separated into two halves which 
> allows the tire to be removed.  The rest is obvious.
> 
>     Larry Coen 
>     SE RG Franklin
>       ----- Original Message ----- 
>       From: douglas holub 
>       To: reflector@tvbf.org 
>       Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 7:30 PM
>       Subject: REFLECTOR:FG nose wheel tire removal
> 
> 
>       My FG nose gear tire is flat.  Can somebody tell me how to remove the tire 
> and the tube?  It looks like the fork has everything trapped.
> 
>       Doug Holub
>