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8359 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 27, 2019 1:49 pmI feel like a 1 stop STC for the 850s and Grove axles would be a big benefit to the community.
It wouldn't be much (if any) more work to get two separate STC's, which I would recommend. No reason to require one for the other. There'd be plenty of people interested in the Grove axles who would never need (or want) the big tires, and vice versa.
Anyone interested in doing this with me?
If I were younger...
If you change your mind, let me know!
I guess that makes sense. Although the axles were recommended to me as a prerequisite to the bigger tires as the stock axles have been known to break?
5422 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 25, 2018 2:52 pm
The tires require “heavy duty brakes” the FAA definition in one of their mx publications was the ability to hold the brakes at full power static runup and keep tires locked. Those single puck brakes are more than enough. 1/8 inch spacers to move out brake disk were required though to keep brake assembly from rubbing on tire at low pressures. Those tires provide quite a bit of shock absorption. When I had the gear straightened and inspected I had them bend the gear an hair more in so at gross weight the tires would not splay out. There was more than enough edge distance around the original axle bolt holes to enlarge them so a 180/185 steel axle could be used.
What spacers did you use on your wheels to help the tires stop rubbing? Did you make them?
