Tire opinions?

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Hrm... it's sounding like retreads are a pretty popular choice. I
can believe that a retread with a good compound can be the same price as a
cheaper compound new. I think that the stigma associated with retreads is
from truck retreads that tend to sluff off rubber shrapnel on the freeway.
I would hope that a certified aircraft tire wouldn't do such a thing.

Any trouble on the size of retread tires and fitting in wheel
pants?


I had some retreads awhile back -- Goodyear and McCreary casings. The
Goodyears were fine, but the McCrearys didn't fit into my wheelwells, so
I gave them away. IIRC, I had problems fitting the McCrearys originally
-- one wouldn't fit into one well but went into the other OK, so I used
them that way.

I have had no problems with Condors and have used 3 sets of them.

ALWAYS do a retraction test when you mount new tires!

Any trouble on the size of retread tires and fitting in wheel
pants?


I had some retreads awhile back -- Goodyear and McCreary casings. The
Goodyears were fine, but the McCrearys didn't fit into my

wheelwells,

so
I gave them away. IIRC, I had problems fitting the McCrearys originally
-- one wouldn't fit into one well but went into the other OK, so I used
them that way.

I have had no problems with Condors and have used 3 sets of them.

ALWAYS do a retraction test when you mount new tires!

I have never seen problems with retreads mounted with wheelpants. I have seen
problems with underinflated tires hitting the sides of wheel pants but that is
another isusue.

As for retractables it makes good sense to always check that new tires will fit
and especially retreads. Some of the retract Cessnas use specially designed
low profile tires to begin with and some of the retreaders will not recap those
because they will jam in the wheel well afterward and are not used on many
fixed gear aircraft.

John Dupre'

Orval Fairbairn wrote:
: ALWAYS do a retraction test when you mount new tires!

I'll make sure to do that on my Cherokee 180... ;-)

-Cory
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