REFLECTOR: Brake discs

[Pat Shea]

Hey Scott,

I used to take my discs to a grinding shop every 50
hours or so to prevent the brakes from causing the
main gear legs to shudder while decelerating through
the 25-35kt range. 

It turns out that the discs were fine, just that some
pad material had transferred to the discs which caused
the shudder. I land fast and stop hard I guess...

Now I just take a sanding block to the discs with some
220 grit paper and all shudder goes away.

Pat 
--- Scott Baker <sbakr at comcast.net> wrote:

> Hello Ronnie,
> Yes - we agree that main gear shimmy is more than
> likely associated with 
> irregularities with the brake system ... and more
> often than not, caused by 
> brake discs that vary in thickness.
> SB



       
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