REFLECTOR: Nose Tire Assistance

[Jim Agnew]

Yes, remove the axle and then the rim.

James F. Agnew
Jim_Agnew_2 at Yahoo.Com
Tampa, FL
Velocity 173 Elite Aircraft Completed & Flying


From: Tim Walsh <timfwalsh01 at comcast.net>
>To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org>
>Sent: Sunday, August 7, 2011 12:23 PM
>Subject: REFLECTOR: Nose Tire Assistance
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>Nose Tire Assistance OK,
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>This is a little embarrassing.  I have a 173 FG using the Shin tires/tubes.  I have a flat tire and I am trying to remove the wheel from the fork.  The only way I can remove the rim, is by splitting it.  The clearance between the bushings on the fork are too tight.
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>When I tried to install a new tube by assembling inside the fork, I pinched the tube.
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>Is there trick to installing/removing the rims?  I want to change the tire on the bench, and install complete.  I only have about 16th of inch overlap.  Can I pry the fork apart enough to slide in?
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>Your assistance is greatly appreciated.  Tim 
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