REFLECTOR: Matco Brakes

Sun Mar 29 16:26:03 CDT 2015

Thanks for the info Ron! I know mine are a bunch of different parts over the years too. IDK - the Matco brakes seem kinda painful to work on with less performance than the Clevelands. They are 1/2 the price, but after changing my brakes a few weeks ago and putting in the spacers and one thick disc, I think I'd probably be better off with the Clevelands. I'm still seriously thinking about getting Clevelands thrown on at my annual.

Before the rebuild, my spacers were worn and warped. The pads somehow got "hung" and one piston blew out the o-ring. It took about 5-6 years to get there though.

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On Mar 29, 2015, at 5:06 PM, Don Johnston via Reflector <reflector at tvbf.org<mailto:reflector at tvbf.org>> wrote:

Just so we're all on the same page, you upgraded yours to the W600XTE? What were you running before, the W600? W600XT? W600XLT?

Do you have a list of the replacement parts? I want to make sure they haven't added something to the list since I did the upgrade. I'm really curious about this spacer.

You're flying, right? As far as I know, you're the only one that has done the upgrade that's actually flying so I would really like to know how they're working.

Don Johnston

On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 12:33 PM, Velocity via Reflector <reflector at tvbf.org<mailto:reflector at tvbf.org>> wrote:
I just installed the new to me High energy brakes on my XLFG. What a great difference they make. I had modified
my brakes to have the 1.5 dia  pucks which helped a bunch in taxing around the airports. But that did little in making  the
Stopping much better. So I spoke to matco about what I had done and they explained that their is also a special spacer
they install in the up grade that really helps with braking along with the thicker disk to absorbs more energy.
The spacer helps to keep the pads parallel to the disk when you have the larger pucks.

Just though I would pass this along  If you are thinking of upgrading to the matco High energy brakes  I would say it
is well worth the investment.

Ron
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