REFLECTOR: Matco Brakes

Sun Mar 29 20:16:08 CDT 2015

I find brakes are always a pain on a car or an airplane. Once you figure 
out how they go together it is  a snap. Probably took me 1 hr on the 
left and 15 minutes on the right.
I just hope I remember how I did it next time .

Ron

On 3/29/2015 4:26 PM, Andrew Judge via Reflector wrote:
> 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:
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>> 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
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>> 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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