new main wheels photos

by Scooby
September 27, 2020October 5, 2020

Scoobys Airplane

Aviation fire extinguisher from Aircraftspruce mounted out of the way where it is quickly accessible. This was installed prior to weight and balance measurements.

Tire size comparison. Old kit supplied tires are mounted on the aircraft here with the new tundra tires shown next to it for size comparision

Using my hoist to raise the wheel so I can pack the bearings and replace the tires.

Added an aluminum square tube just in case to protect the brakes should the hoist give way.

Funny. Very tight in the garage. Shown is the small kit supplied tire which fits fine. Note the cutout in the bench shelf that will be required to fit the larger tundra tires with the garage door closed.

packing the bearings. It had been 15 years since this was done so it was important to get some fresh grease in there.

While wheel was apart, lubricated the brake pins

Put tire talc on tubes, installed into the tires, torqued the nuts, and marked nuts with anti-tamper. Very important, note anti-tamper on tire/rim so I can keep careful watch to see if tube is rotating with respect to rim which can rip off the valve stem.

All nuts torqued to spec and marked with anti-tamper.