REFLECTOR:Brake problem.

Jim Agnew reflector@tvbf.org
Sat, 4 Oct 2003 10:35:50 -0700 (PDT)


I discovered the problem and posted a diagram of the actual
housing assembly and port drilling pattern.  I will post
the diagram again when I get home.

Jim
--- Ronnie Brown <romott@adelphia.net> wrote:
> 
> I can't recall who discovered this problem a year or two
> ago. It worked for me after having a soft brake after
> flying several of my test flights, then I had to start
> pumping my right side brake to get any brake action.  A
> new master cylinder did not fix the problem.  Then I
> removed the caliper and rebled the brakes with the
> caliper standing vertically.  That was 60 hours ago and
> they are still working perfectly.
> 
> Ronnie
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: PUSHERPILOT@wmconnect.com 
>   To: reflector@awpi.com 
>   Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2003 2:27 AM
>   Subject: REFLECTOR:Nose gear sag and brake problem.
> 
> 
>   One of the suggestions to bleed the brakes was to
> remove the caliper and move it while bleeding.  I had not
> installed my nose gear doors since painting and thought
> that bleeding the brake when up in the well might make a
> difference.  Fix the brake problem and reattach the nose
> gear doors, a two for one. 
> 
>   Bleeding the brake with the caliper horizontal didn't
> help.  However, I now have a new problem, the nose gear
> is not retracting enough to close the doors.  The sag is
> about 1/2 " and the gear can be pulled up easily by hand.
>  I haven't changed anything since I last retracted the
> gear.  Brendan suggested that the pressure switch may be
> cutting off too soon.  I turned the hi pressure screws in
> 1 1/2 turns, 1/4 turn at a time with no change.  I also
> seem to recall that years ago when checking the system
> with a pressure gage, the adjustments didn't work. 
> Perhaps Al Gietzen found the same thing.  Does anyone
> have a suggestion?  I had planned to fly to Copper State,
> now Xmas is in doubt. 
> 
>   Mel Bina  STD  RG 
> 


=====
James F. Agnew
Jim_Agnew_2@Yahoo.Com
Tampa, FL
Velocity 173 Elite Aircraft Completed & Flying