Date:	8-5-2012
Number of Hours:	1.00
Brief Description:	Assemble wheels & tires
Assembled the wheels/tires. Note that the plans don't give you any information on how to do this, but the Sonex web site does have a downloadable PDF file to explain it. http://www.sonexaircraft.com/documents/instruction_sheets/wheel_brake_install.pdf Note that the Sonex instructions are missing some crucial information if you have never assembled an aircraft tire (as I had not). Here is what needs to be added on page 2 under "Assembling the Wheels", between a. and b.: a1: Insert the tube in the tire. The air valve will point to the outside of the wheel. a2. Put a little air in the tire so the tube doesn't get pinched by the wheel halves get put together. a3: Insert one wheel half into the tire. Make sure the air valve goes into the semi-circle cut out of the tire half. a4: Insert the second wheel half in the other side of the tire, again making sure the semi-circle cut out of the tire half is at the air valve. a5: [I have the machined brake drums] Lay the brake drum face on the half of the wheel AWAY from the air valve, and align the bolt holes.