Hi Do you guys have creep marks on your tyres. They are mandatory in UK.
The purpose of the mark is to make sure that the tyre is not moving on the rim, if it does, it will tend to rip the valve out. It's more of a problem with Tundra tyres that run at low pressure, not quite so important on titchy little wheels with 30psi. I agree with Mark that pinched tubes are probably the most common cause of flats, however deflating and moving the tyre around and reflating to cure that problem is probably a wasted exersize, if the tyre is pinched, the damage is done, further movement, talcum powder or no, again risks pinching the tube. best way to avoid pinching is put a little bit of air in then push the tyre around to make sure that the tube is not caught. While on the subject, what is the best way to go about reparing a flat on Deihl suspension. Reading Mark's report he talked about lifting the wing by the wingtip - ok perhaps on carbon wings - but how do the the rest of us mortals do it ? Pete > Lee Van Dyke wrote: > >>>My question now is Aircrft Spruce and Wicks have tires that might be > better. A/S has on page 231 a tire that is a replacement tire for the > 3.4 x 3 x 5 that I have right now but I'm not sure is the 11.4 x 5 will > work. Wicks has it on page292, 293 I would like a better tire and a > better looking tire.<<
