Hi The Pilatus B4 at our club has a split hub steel wheel (bearings all mounted into one side) with a 200x50 tyre size. A couple of years ago I looked at replacing it as I was a worried about the bearings. I found that I could not dismantle the bearing or remove them. All other 200x50 hubs that I looked at were the wrong width. The Pilatus hub is narrower than all that I found so an easy replacement was not available. I resorted to a good soaking in solvent to clean the bearings and copious amounts of oil flushed through them. I was eventually fairly happy with the result and it has worked well since. I too have recently fitted TOST 200x50 tyres onto non split hubs (SZD gliders)and found them not very flexible to install.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Geoff Vincent Sent: Thursday, 15 September 2005 10:59 AM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring inAustralia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Pilatus tailwheel Hi John, The PIK has the same type of wheel. Installing a new (6-ply Tost) tyre just needs strong fingers, lubrication (glycerine is good) and a lot of perseverance. Don't know of a split hub arrangement. Regards, Geoff V At 11:34 AM 15/09/2005 +1000, you wrote: > >Hi Guys, >My Pilatus B4 has a cast aluminium tailwheel which takes a 200x50 >tyre. The wheel is not split, so it is well nigh impossible to fit a >good quality tire (TOST 6-ply). >Deos anyone know of a split wheel which would be suitable for the B4 >please ? And where I could get one ? >Regards, John G. >_______________________________________________ >Aus-soaring mailing list >[email protected] >To check or change subscription details, visit: >http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
