Just installed my new Beringer nose wheel..

[the_other_dougreeves]

This looks like a glider main wheel assembly. For some reason, the European gliders all come with cool looking anodized wheels. The new main and tailwheels that we get from TOST are blue anodized, but I've seen a new HpH 304S with a red wheel that looks a lot like that.

Remember that the entire weight of the glider is supported on the main during landing, and that explains the high weight rating of the hub, wheel and tire.

FWIW, I've always thought that the pneumatic tailwheels we use on gliders might work well for an RVer who wants one. Common sizes are 150x30, 180x35, 200x50 and 210x65. If you're looking to move some CG aft, TOST makes brass wheel/hub assemblies that weigh about 3lb w/o tire.

TODR

[Noah]

Originally Posted by IowaRV9Dreamer

I called Spruce - and the price is $558 for the SRV02A

Wow! Looks like I got a helluva deal at $349!

Regarding spare parts and repairs in remote locations, that is definitely something to consider. I will be getting spares of the O-Rings that are required, and I have reviewed the Beringer repair procedure. It seems pretty simple. I didn't see any elaborate tools required that I would be worried about carrying.

Originally Posted by NYTOM

Although the Grove wheel with it's different axle assembly supposedly corrected the binding problem with the Van's supplied wheel, $558 could buy over fifty spare tubes.

Yet not one of those fifty tubes would fit correctly on a grove wheel, unless you are OK with yanking the stem 1-1/4 in. out of its "natural" position, which, according to this forum, has caused at least one stem to be sheared from the tube!

[jferraro17]

Van's build manual says to torque the AN6-60A axle bolt to 7-10 ft/lbs.

The chart in the manual also says AN6 bolts get torqued to 13.3-15.8 ft/lbs.

Being that I'm installing a Beringer wheel (different axle) vs. Van's stock, I'm even more confused as to which value to use.


What have you Beringer guys used?


Gracias!!

Joe

[Noah]

Have any any of you guys with the Beringer nosewheel noticed a radial runout of the tire? No problem with the wheel itself, but my tire which came assembled with the Beringer nosewheel has .063 inches of radial runout as measured with a dial indicator. It seems to me that this will make a significant vibration. Has anybody else seen this? Is there some acceptable level of runout for a tire?

[Walt]

Originally Posted by jferraro17

Van's build manual says to torque the AN6-60A axle bolt to 7-10 ft/lbs.

The chart in the manual also says AN6 bolts get torqued to 13.3-15.8 ft/lbs.

Being that I'm installing a Beringer wheel (different axle) vs. Van's stock, I'm even more confused as to which value to use.


What have you Beringer guys used?


Gracias!!

Joe

Standard AN bolt torque applies here, 13.3 - 15.8

[Walt]

Originally Posted by Noah

Have any any of you guys with the Beringer nosewheel noticed a radial runout of the tire? No problem with the wheel itself, but my tire which came assembled with the Beringer nosewheel has .063 inches of radial runout as measured with a dial indicator. It seems to me that this will make a significant vibration. Has anybody else seen this? Is there some acceptable level of runout for a tire?

Pretty normal for these tires, actually .063 is pretty good

[jferraro17]

Thanks (again!), Walt.

Joe

[celstar]

Do they also make a nose wheel for the 8A?

[gasman]

Originally Posted by celstar

Do they also make a nose wheel for the 8A?

Same one.................. Yes, they do.

[tclaire]

Walt,
Just installed the front beringer front wheel crazy how smooth the wheel spins compared to the old wheel , what air pressure are you using
Tim