REFLECTOR: Nylaflow insert for brake line

Brett Ferrell reflector at velocityxl.com
Thu Sep 27 14:05:41 CDT 2012


Scuff the pad and rotor with 1,000 grit paper and clean with brake cleaner,
I'm told, will deal with a glazed brake.


Inserts - [LINK:
http://aircraftproducts.wicksaircraft.com/keyword/all-categories/brass-insert-fitting?&plpver=10&pagesize=50&pagenum=1&filter=1&keyword=brass+insert&key=product&keycateg=100&keyprod=2290&SchType=2&keyType=P]
Wicks (3/16" 2030x4 is what you want, I believe and 1/4" 2030x5)


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Brett Ferrell
bferrell at fastmail.fm


On Thu, Sep 27, 2012, at 02:21 PM, Brian Michalk wrote:
I did some high speed taxi testing this weekend, and got the brakes
pretty hot, to the point of fading.  I could tell that my right brakes
were a little better than the left side, and kept pressing harder and
harder on the left until it popped the nylaflow off of the master
cylinder.

I am trying to find the brass inserts for the thick nylaflow, but can't
seem to locate them anywhere.  It seems to me that I originally had
inserts, but now that I've rebuilt, I can't locate them.

The ID of the Nylaflow is .111, and I may just go buy some brass stock
that will do the job.  Does anyone know where to get the inserts?  Wicks
has some, but it looks like they are for the thin walled Nylaflow.

By the way, my right brake is making a lot of dust, and looks healthy.
The left one is very clean, and is probably glazed, causing me to put a
lot of pressure on it.

When it happened, I coasted as far as possible to the end of the runway,
shut off the engine, and jabbed the good brake.  By that time I was
pretty slow and went about three feet into the grass.
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