REFLECTOR:Grove brakes.

Mon, 26 Apr 2004 00:07:27 -0500

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I used to have soft brakes.  Wore out pads pretty quickly.
Noticed that pads did not wear in a neat, tidy symmetrical way,
but ended up wedge shaped.  Inspected really REALLY close with
someone else pumping the brakes and found the caliper binding on
the gear leg just a little.  Ground off a little glass and the
soft brakes are gone, the pads have lasted ever since.
Check carefully for strange caliper motion ... Jim S.

PUSHERPILOT@wmconnect.com wrote:

> I posted my brake problems on the reflector last October and
> received several good suggestions.  None have worked so far
> and I still have a soft pedal.  To quantify that, the pedal
> will move about an inch after the pads contact the disc.  The
> airplane is ready to fly so today a friend and I made one more
> attempt to solve the problem.  We disconnected the brake line
> at the caliper and capped it.  This gave a good hard pedal so
> we decided to bench bleed the caliper.  Following the
> suggestions, we tapped, rotated and oriented the caliper so
> that the outlets between pistons were on top and on and on.
> NO bubbles.  I give up!  I'll buy new brakes.
>
> Several people on the canard aviator website have recommended
> Grove brakes over Clevelands.  Is any one on the Reflector
> familiar with Grove?  Velocity?  Your comments please.  Also,
> can you tell me what Cleveland model is a bolt on for the
> standard RG.
> Thanks,
> Mel Bina  SDT  RG

--
Jim Sower ... Destiny's Plaything
Crossville, TN; Chapter 5
Long-EZ N83RT, Velocity N4095T

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I used to have soft brakes.&nbsp; Wore out pads pretty quickly.&nbsp; Noticed
that pads did not wear in a neat, tidy symmetrical way, but ended up wedge
shaped.&nbsp; Inspected really REALLY close with someone else pumping the
brakes and found the caliper binding on the gear leg just a little.&nbsp;
Ground off a little glass and the soft brakes are gone, the pads have lasted
ever since.
 Check carefully for strange caliper motion ... Jim S.
PUSHERPILOT@wmconnect.com wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>I posted
my brake problems on the reflector last October and received several good
suggestions.&nbsp; None have worked so far and I still have a soft pedal.&nbsp;
To quantify that, the pedal will move about an inch after the pads contact
the disc.&nbsp; The airplane is ready to fly so today a friend and I made
one more attempt to solve the problem.&nbsp; We disconnected the brake
line at the caliper and capped it.&nbsp; This gave a good hard pedal so
we decided to bench bleed the caliper.&nbsp; Following the suggestions,
we tapped, rotated and oriented the caliper so that the outlets between
pistons were on top and on and on.&nbsp; NO bubbles.&nbsp; I give up!&nbsp;
I'll buy new brakes.
Several people on the canard
aviator website have recommended Grove brakes over Clevelands.&nbsp; Is
any one on the Reflector familiar with Grove?&nbsp; Velocity?&nbsp; Your
comments please.&nbsp; Also, can you tell me what Cleveland model is a
bolt on for the standard RG.
 Thanks,
 Mel Bina&nbsp; SDT&nbsp;
RG</blockquote>

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<br>Jim Sower ... Destiny's Plaything
<br>Crossville, TN; Chapter 5
<br>Long-EZ N83RT, Velocity N4095T
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