Olibuilt
MEMBER
Montreal, Canada
35'' Bushwheels, 1.5'' axles, double puck Cleveland, brake disk at about 0.235" - 0.240"
Stopped by a friend house yesterday after having a little fun on locals sand bars. Heard a weird sound after turning around to do a full stop. Turned out to be a broken brake caliper anchor bolt ''ear'', a broken and bent brake torque plate, a bent brake pressure plate and a broken brake hose.....
To make a long story short, was able to get the caliper welded, the torque plate straightened and welded and a new brake hose to get this this able to stop when landing on my ''tricky'' runway.. It worked
Those parts were cleaned and inspected by me on my last ski to bushwheels swap.
This setup gave me more than enough braking power, I don't need more.
I don't like to add weight to my airplane, but I'm not Beringer$ ready yet...
I don't know how or why this failure happened.
So I will at least change the 2 torque plates, 1 brake caliper and 1 brake pressure plate
Were those parts # ok together ??
What would you suggest I buy ??
Stopped by a friend house yesterday after having a little fun on locals sand bars. Heard a weird sound after turning around to do a full stop. Turned out to be a broken brake caliper anchor bolt ''ear'', a broken and bent brake torque plate, a bent brake pressure plate and a broken brake hose.....
To make a long story short, was able to get the caliper welded, the torque plate straightened and welded and a new brake hose to get this this able to stop when landing on my ''tricky'' runway.. It worked
Those parts were cleaned and inspected by me on my last ski to bushwheels swap.
This setup gave me more than enough braking power, I don't need more.
I don't like to add weight to my airplane, but I'm not Beringer$ ready yet...
I don't know how or why this failure happened.
So I will at least change the 2 torque plates, 1 brake caliper and 1 brake pressure plate
Were those parts # ok together ??
What would you suggest I buy ??