Hooray! My tires showed up today. They are not exactly the shape I thought they would be though. I expected a rounded balloon doughnut cross section and these look like drag slicks that went flat. Is that normal?
Re: Replacement tires? Mod IV
Hooray! My tires showed up today. They are not exactly the shape I thought they would be though. I expected a rounded balloon doughnut cross section and these look like drag slicks that went flat. Is that normal?
Re: Replacement tires? Mod IV
Yes... that is the normal look. As stated above, take off the wrapping/straps/cord and let them expand. I'd bring them in the house to warm up as much as possible.
To get that bead to set on the rim properly, it has to expand more than a normal tire does... easy in the summer, tough right now!
Grover Wright
Flying a KF IV-1200
ROTAX 912UL
Re: Replacement tires? Mod IV
Originally Posted by beeryboats
did you look at this vidoe I posted yesterday?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE-9FadDDko
YOu can see there tire as you describe --look after inflated.
Re: Replacement tires? Mod IV
Any chance of a pic or two once you've got them on, I already own four of them ( intransit) but would still like to see them on a wheel?
Dave F are these tyres on your Kitfox in the YouTube stuff you've got up?
Matty
Re: Replacement tires? Mod IV
This reminded me of a time when I just couldn't keep proper tire pressure in one tire. I changed out the stem a couple of times but that didn't solve the problem. I even changed out a perfectly good tire only to find that the problem was in the rim. The rim is welded together and the QA person failed to catch a very small pin hole in the weld. I found this after submerging the inflated tire in water and watched bubbles come from the weld seam. This was an easy fix. I just added a tube and problem solved!
Paul Morel
912 Speedster
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