When I picked up my wheels,tires and tubes trom Wicks, The tubes had an off center valve stem. I finally went to a power mower store and bought tubes with a center mounted valve stem and they have been holding 50# for many years, Virg
On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 21:47:17 -0700 (PDT) Ronald Wright <ronwrig...@yahoo.com> writes: > The biggest problem I have seen is LOW TIRE PRESSURE.. > Most of these small tires easily run 50 to 90 pounds > air pressure but most people only run them around > 30-35.. > > Tires can and will spin on the rim at low pressures > during landings.. > > Another way to stop pinching the tube is during > mounting take a plastic bottle, like a milk bottle or > bleach bottle, and cut a strip about 2 inches wide > around the bottle. Place this inside the expanded > tube before installing it on the split rim.. This > will eliminate the possibility of pinching the tube > when pushing the wheel halves together. > > Check the tire pressure regularly.. Keeping the > pressure up also makes the tire run cooler. > > Ron > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > Virgil N. Salisbury - AMSOIL www.lubedealer.com/salisbury Miami ,Fl
