Setting in my recliner enjoying the air-conditioning and watching
Youtube I got to feeling like I ought to be doing something
constructive.. I forced myself out of the recliner and out in to the 90+
degree heat and drove to the hangar. Annual due next month and I need
to replace the tail wheel tire. Hot it was but I jumped on the task
like a true KR builder / flier.
Old tire , worn to the point of near failure.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/d8awp8wu1z1ubli/IMG_20210620_144850788.jpg?dl=0
Just 5 pounds of air in the old tire. I thought it felt a bit soft.
(wrong scale on the gauge, this is kg/cm2) Matco says low pressure is
the cause of my flats in the past but the "flat" problem was cured by
applying tire patch glue to the tire bead and the rim to prevent the
tire from slipping on landing. Several years now and no flats.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/jp1o236k2zb51jq/IMG_20210620_144814981.jpg?dl=0
New tire. You can see how much the old tire was worn.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mdrnfyb905zrc51/IMG_20210620_155723230.jpg?dl=0
Had not serviced the tail wheel unit in 5+ years at least so I
disassembled it / cleaned it / re-assembled and greased the unit. The
tail wheel Gods were with me as in disassembly the little spring loaded
pin went "BONG" and landed somewhere in the hangar. After a quick
look-around I found it lying in plain site in a channel of my stool.
Dodged a bullet on that one. Assembly now cleaned / greased / new tire
& tube and ready to fly. This assembly is the Aviation Products, Inc
lightweight 4" wheel unit. It was modified to take the 6" Matco
pneumatic wheel and tire. Money well spent on this setup.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/eiiovrtuwbx31la/IMG_20210620_155622255.jpg?dl=0
Now for a quite evening and I'll get to check out the new seat belt.
Larry Flesner
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