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watsoca(at)msn.com
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 5:43 pm    Post subject: Nose wheel tube Reply with quote
I have been flying my RV9A for a little over three years now and for the most part it has been very trouble free. Yesterday I had my second flat tire on the nose wheel. On both occasions I had checked the tires before I departed my home airport, landed without incident at another airport and when I started to leave an hour later the nose tire was flat. With a great deal of effort I was able to get the tire off, the tube out, my spare tube installed and the tire back on. The first tube failed with a very slight split on the side wall. The second tube failed with a very small pin hole in the side wall. On very careful examination of the tire I could find nothing that would cause the failures. Has any one else had this kind of trouble? If so how have you resolved it? I am considering buying another wheel and carrying an inflated tire and wheel as a spare instead of just the tube.

Thanks for your help and interest,
Dick Watson
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 4:21 am    Post subject: Nose wheel tube Reply with quote
I've had two years so far flying my RV-9A and no problems with a nose wheel tire going flat.

Steve Dwyer
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Albert Gardner



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 12:31 pm    Post subject: Nose wheel tube Reply with quote
No problems with nose wheel but I’ve noticed that as your brake pads wear there is a chance that-as they approach or slightly exceed max wear-they might leak brake fluid and allow air into the lines as the reservoir empties out.
Albert Gardner
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