This afternoon I
disassembled the main gear wheels and installed the tubes and tires. After taking the wheel sections apart and
removing the axels and bearings I dusted the inside of the tire and dusted the
tubes with talc powder. I inserted the
tubes in the tires and then assembled the wheel halves, bearing careful not to
pinch the tubes between them.
I inflated and
deflated each tire several times after removing the valve cores. I reinstalled the valve cores and inflated
each tire to 28 lbs. I will pack the
bearings and install them in the wheels in the next day or so.
I reattached the
disk brake assemble to each wheel. My
next effort will be to fix some minor blemishes I have discovered on the
instrument panel and then install the gear legs.
