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Mount Tubes & Tires on the Main Wheel Assemblies & Mount Wheels
Date: Wednesday, February 10,2010
Assembly: Fuselage
Sub-Assembly: General
Work Time: 2 hours
Description: Seperated the wheels (manual calls for 7/16" tools, ours needed 1/2" - We have 8's).
Insert tubes inside tires and put together the wheel halves.
Checked for pinches and inflated the tires.
Attached remaining axle hardware, packed the bearings.
Slid on the wheels and drilled the final outboard cotter pin hole.

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We ride bikes a lot (A-LOT) so we have some experience in changing tubes. Actually made this a little easier.

There's only one word appropriate for this occasion.... WOOHOO!!!