"Jim Burns" wrote in message
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Tires should be 700 x 6 8 plys for the mains and 600 x 6 6 plys for the
nose.... guess how I know?.... The previous owner had the wrong tires on
ours too! 6 ply mains instead of 8 plys and retreads are tough to find.
Jim


Don't know much about tires, but what does the number of ply's reference? I
thought it was just some extra layers of rubber (presumably because they're
holding more weight?) I know when I put my C152 back together that it used
6x6.00 6 ply, but hadn't thought much about it. So I guess the question is,
what does the number of ply's measure on an aircraft tire? Why would having
a lower ply count rub on the brakes while a higher number does not? What
year Aztec do/did you own Jim? I thought Kyler Laird was the only other
Aztec owner that regularly posts on the group.

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Louis L. Perley III
N46000 - C152
N370 - PA-23-250