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kearney
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Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 6:33 pm Post subject: Wheel Servicing |
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Hi
I am just starting my annual inspection and have a couple of questions related to wheel servicing. There are:
1. Does anyone have a simple / safe / effective means for lifting and supporting a wing while a wheel is removed. I have a motorcycle jack that I have used under the fuse but am wondering if there is something better.
2. How often should tires be swapped from side to side
Cheers
Les
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Kellym
Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Posts: 1705 Location: Sun Lakes AZ
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Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 8:22 pm Post subject: Wheel Servicing |
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Depends on the type of aircraft. You can use a padded sawhorse if it is
tall enough and you have helper to move it in place. Or most wing jacks
work fine when you replace tie down eye with a round headed carriage
bolt for the jack point.
To get even wear you would have to reverse the tire on the wheel.
Swapping wheels side for side will not do anything.
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Hi
I am just starting my annual inspection and have a couple of questions related to wheel servicing. There are:
1. Does anyone have a simple / safe / effective means for lifting and supporting a wing while a wheel is removed. I have a motorcycle jack that I have used under the fuse but am wondering if there is something better.
2. How often should tires be swapped from side to side
Cheers
Les
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Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 9:03 pm Post subject: Wheel Servicing |
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I have jacks that use a hard point in the wing tie down hole. They use an inexpensive bottle jack from harbor freight.
I think it really depends on how much you are flying. I swapped mine when I was around 100 tach hours. They didn't really show any wear, but I swapped them anyways.
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Quote: | On Nov 14, 2015, at 9:33 PM, kearney <kearney(at)shaw.ca> wrote:
Hi
I am just starting my annual inspection and have a couple of questions related to wheel servicing. There are:
1. Does anyone have a simple / safe / effective means for lifting and supporting a wing while a wheel is removed. I have a motorcycle jack that I have used under the fuse but am wondering if there is something better.
2. How often should tires be swapped from side to side
Cheers
Les
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Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 11:11 pm Post subject: Wheel Servicing |
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I'm using a couple of work horses that are adjustable under the wings and
they have help well.
The tires- look at the outside (as the rest doesn’t get much wear, once the
tread starts to disappear, its time to flip (as in outside becomes inside of
wheel) I just bought replacement tires as the originals are now reaching the
end of the tread life. The center of the tires look pretty darn new- darn
it!!
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Albert Gardner
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Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2015 5:49 am Post subject: Wheel Servicing |
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Harbor Freight has some hi-lift bottle jacks that work well. Drilled a hole
in the top of the ram to receive a threaded rod that replaces the tie down
ring. Little plywood to make a stablizing stand and it works well.
Albert Gardner
RV-10 N991RV
Yuma, AZ
Hi
I am just starting my annual inspection and have a couple of questions
related to wheel servicing. There are:
1. Does anyone have a simple / safe / effective means for lifting and
supporting a wing while a wheel is removed. I have a motorcycle jack that I
have used under the fuse but am wondering if there is something better.
Les
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Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2015 7:22 am Post subject: Wheel Servicing |
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Here's my HF bottle jack setup )thanks to other posters/builders) Wing Jack using HF bottle jack and plywood
Electrical conduit worked over with a vise completes the jack.� Use carriage bolts on the conduit ends.� The rounded ends keep the plywood just far enough off the concrete floor to keep it dry and slide easily.� And it works on mud....
This jack got a good work out when I recently got stuck in the mud.� I was able to easily jack up a wing at a time, put ply underneath each wheel and roll it out.� The carriage bolt head on the dimpled bottle jack shaft is amazingly stable and secure.� It would make an ugly hole if the wing fell off the jack but I'm now quite confident of its security.
On 11/15/2015 8:46 AM, Albert wrote:
Quote: | Quote: | Harbor Freight has some hi-lift bottle jacks that work well. Drilled a hole
in the top of the ram to receive a threaded rod that replaces the tie down
ring. Little plywood to make a stablizing stand and it works well.
Albert Gardner
RV-10 N991RV
Yuma, AZ
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Hi
I am just starting my annual inspection and have a couple of questions
related to wheel servicing. There are:
1. Does anyone have a simple / safe / effective means for lifting and
supporting a wing while a wheel is removed. I have a motorcycle jack that I
have used under the fuse but am wondering if there is something better.
Les
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kearney
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Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2015 7:57 am Post subject: Re: Wheel Servicing |
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HI Kelly
You are quite right - I was careless in my wording. Side to side swapping only changes the rotation direction of the wheel but not the tread in contact with the ground. I should have said reversing the tire on the wheel. My only excuse is that it was a long day yesterday taking things apart......
Cheers
Les
Kellym wrote: | Depends on the type of aircraft. You can use a padded sawhorse if it is
tall enough and you have helper to move it in place. Or most wing jacks
work fine when you replace tie down eye with a round headed carriage
bolt for the jack point.
To get even wear you would have to reverse the tire on the wheel.
Swapping wheels side for side will not do anything.
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Hi
I am just starting my annual inspection and have a couple of questions related to wheel servicing. There are:
1. Does anyone have a simple / safe / effective means for lifting and supporting a wing while a wheel is removed. I have a motorcycle jack that I have used under the fuse but am wondering if there is something better.
2. How often should tires be swapped from side to side
Cheers
Les
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Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2015 12:03 pm Post subject: Wheel Servicing |
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Back from the cruise .....
Here's what I did.
Bought a scissor jack that fits under the nut on the nosewheel. Jack it
up and do your tire work. For removing the fork you'll have to place a
sawhorse under the fuse.
Bought a 3' X 3/4" dia. pipe and inserted into the axle on main gear.
Remove the axle nut. Use the scissor jack way out on the end of the pipe
and jack up 'till the tire is 2" off the floor. Remove brake pad. Slide
the wheel off onto the pipe. Measure the height of axle center to the
floor .... X". Glue two pieces of 2X4 2x" long together on the 4" side
or use 4X4. Drill a 1" hole in the center (1X from end) through the
glue line. Cut in half giving two pieces of 4X4 that's X" long with a
groove in it. Put it under the axle and lower the jack. Remove the
pipe and service the wheel. I used this a lot when I was fitting the
wheel pants after the initial screw-hole locations had been done because
I elected to epoxy the lower fairing to the wheel pant.
Linn
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Hi
I am just starting my annual inspection and have a couple of questions related to wheel servicing. There are:
1. Does anyone have a simple / safe / effective means for lifting and supporting a wing while a wheel is removed. I have a motorcycle jack that I have used under the fuse but am wondering if there is something better.
2. How often should tires be swapped from side to side
Cheers
Les
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Tim Olson
Joined: 25 Jan 2007 Posts: 2879
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Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 11:07 am Post subject: Wheel Servicing |
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I use the same thing, only I welded the jack stand frame
just because I could. But, rather than relying on a
pin or carriage bolt in the wing tiedown, I
have a machined aluminum recepticle with a bolt
that I screw into the tiedown that completely surrounds
the jack head about 3/4" deep, so there's no way it
can slip off. I don't think it's necessary to go that
far, but it was as easy to drill the aluminum block
as it would have been to drill the divot in the head of
the jack and find a good strong grade 5 or 8 bolt to
make into a pin. The jacks are very nice to have
and were pretty cheap.
http://www.myrv10.com/tips/generaltips.html#Jacking_the_RV-10
Tim
On 11/15/2015 9:09 AM, Bill Watson wrote:
Quote: | Here's my HF bottle jack setup )thanks to other posters/builders) Wing
Jack using HF bottle jack and plywood
<http://www.mykitlog.com/users/display_log.php?user=MauleDriver&project=224&category=7984&log=154391&row=14>
Electrical conduit worked over with a vise completes the jack. Use
carriage bolts on the conduit ends. The rounded ends keep the plywood
just far enough off the concrete floor to keep it dry and slide easily.
And it works on mud....
This jack got a good work out when I recently got stuck in the mud. I
was able to easily jack up a wing at a time, put ply underneath each
wheel and roll it out. The carriage bolt head on the dimpled bottle
jack shaft is amazingly stable and secure. It would make an ugly hole
if the wing fell off the jack but I'm now quite confident of its security.
On 11/15/2015 8:46 AM, Albert wrote:
> Harbor Freight has some hi-lift bottle jacks that work well. Drilled a hole
> in the top of the ram to receive a threaded rod that replaces the tie down
> ring. Little plywood to make a stablizing stand and it works well.
> Albert Gardner
> RV-10 N991RV
> Yuma, AZ
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> Hi
> I am just starting my annual inspection and have a couple of questions
> related to wheel servicing. There are:
>
> 1. Does anyone have a simple / safe / effective means for lifting and
> supporting a wing while a wheel is removed. I have a motorcycle jack that I
> have used under the fuse but am wondering if there is something better.
> Les
>
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