Document: SLSA-MIP-5-4-0-US
Date of Issue: 05/2016
Revision: -
8-12
8.5
Exchanges / Service information
8.5.1
Tire change
Type of maintenance: line
Authorization to perform:
Sport pilot or LSA mechanic
Tools needed:
wrench size 1/2 in
Allen wrench size 1/4 in
Jack and support the airplane (see 14.2).
Remove the wheel fairing (see 8.3.1).
Remove the main landing gear wheel (see 8.3.3).
Deflate the tire.
Unscrew bolts (1) (see Fig. 8-8).
Set apart both halves of the rim and remove the tire with the air tube.
Exchange the air tube or the tire if needed.
Put the air tube into the tire and inflate it slightly.
Put the inner tube on that half of the rim having the hole for valve.
Put the other half of the rim on this unit. Join both halves of the rim with bolts
– torque
moment 1.15 kg.m (100 lbs.in).
Inflate tire to prescribed pressure:
– main wheel: 180+20 kPa
(26.1 + 2.9 psi)
Mark position of the rim and the tire by redline overreaching about 10 mm (3/8 in) in to
the rim and the tire (serves for checking the tire slewing against the wheel rim in
operation).
Fig. 8-8
Tire change
1 - Rim
bolts
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