Not with Dimona but with other glider main wheels I have been known to use a piece of Mylar (or clear hard plastic) and double sided Tesa tape over the join. The just the right pressure in tube should work.
Yes the aero Clasic 280/250-4 is now made in China but they are very good compared to the cheap mower tyres. Ian McPhee 0428847642 Box 657 Byron Bay NSW 2481 On Wed, 9 Jun. 2021, 00:18 Kristin Nowell, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Kurt, > > We had the same problem, and solved it by using longer bolts to evenly > bring the two halves together. With the original taiilwheel bolts, you > can't get even pressure and wind up pinching the tube. Talc it and inflate > the tube just enough to make it round, no more. The solution was my idea > so I'm writing instead of Tom! Cheers, Kristin > > On Tue, Jun 8, 2021 at 12:13 AM Kurt Redinbaugh <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> Hello all >> I encountered a severe gust 90 degrees to the runway I had just landed >> on. I held full rudder and avoided a ground loop but I tore up the tail >> wheel tire. I ordered a 4.80 x 2.50 tire and tube set from Aircraft Spruce >> and when received I found that the tire, branded Specialty Tires of >> America, is made in China (go figure) and the tube is made in Viet Nam. >> When I try to mount the tire and tube combination on the two part wheel I >> find that the inner diameter of the tube is just small enough that when I >> tuck the tube to clear two of the bolts the tube pulls toward the center >> and pinches in the area of the third bolt. I have tried no air in the tube, >> moderate air and full air in the tube. I have now torn two holes in the >> tube and no joy in getting the two halves together. I need the wisdom of >> the DOG to get back in the air. >> Thank you in advance >> Kurt >> >>> N13EB s/n 3660 >>> >>>> >>>>>
