FOr the folks with the side-by-side seaters, a couple of questions about main wheel installation...
1) I inflated to 25 PSI. I find that because these wheels are so small (compared to cars) that the pressure drops off very quickly when even a tiny bit of air is let out. I'm trying to check that they're holding air by re-checking every 5 min or so, but the little bit of air that seeps out every time I check seems to drop the pressure noticeably. So I have trouble mainiaining a reading of 25PSI. Also, I wonder if the new inner tubes have some "stretch" and have to be filled a few times before they will hold the pressure?
2) The axle nut. The plans just say to "tighten carefully" before drilling the cotter pin holes. But how tight? Just firmly by hand? I don't have a wrench socket or crowfoot adapter big enough to fit around that huge nut!
3) Plans say to reinstall the inside brake shoe with bolts and safety wire. I see the bolt heads are drilled, but after passing through the bolt heads, where should the safety wire go?
4) The nuts provided with my wheels for the bolts that hold the two wheel-halfs together are not of the "nyloc" type (just metal). I've heard others have nyloc ones. Is it OK that mine don't have any nylon?
1) I inflated to 25 PSI. I find that because these wheels are so small (compared to cars) that the pressure drops off very quickly when even a tiny bit of air is let out. I'm trying to check that they're holding air by re-checking every 5 min or so, but the little bit of air that seeps out every time I check seems to drop the pressure noticeably. So I have trouble mainiaining a reading of 25PSI. Also, I wonder if the new inner tubes have some "stretch" and have to be filled a few times before they will hold the pressure?
2) The axle nut. The plans just say to "tighten carefully" before drilling the cotter pin holes. But how tight? Just firmly by hand? I don't have a wrench socket or crowfoot adapter big enough to fit around that huge nut!
3) Plans say to reinstall the inside brake shoe with bolts and safety wire. I see the bolt heads are drilled, but after passing through the bolt heads, where should the safety wire go?
4) The nuts provided with my wheels for the bolts that hold the two wheel-halfs together are not of the "nyloc" type (just metal). I've heard others have nyloc ones. Is it OK that mine don't have any nylon?
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