From: "Klaus Dietrich" <KDIETRIC@AT.oracle.com>
Subject: brakes
Date: 13 Sep 1999 16:06:03 +0100
> Since the beginning of flying my nice little Mk I-Monowheel-Europa-OE-CKD, I
a had a problem with my wheel brake. I couldn't manage to set the brake in such
a way that the brake is completely free when not activated. There was always
some grip on the brake, which sometime got to a state that I could hardly push
the plane back into the hangar.........
> It seems that the piston, which pushes on to the exterior pad doesn't fully
> retract
back into its housing when the brake is not activated.
> I tried to take out a bit of the brake fluid but this didn't really help
> either.
>
> Anybody out there having similar problems with their brakes and any idea to
> cure
this?? Graham, pleeeease, what are your suggestions.......
>
> Thanks and
> Safe flying
> Klaus
Hello Klaus,
I used to have a lot of trouble with the slave piston refusing to go
back into the brake housing on my monowheel Europa (G-NEAT). The
problem was mainly due to having too much brake fluid in the system. I
understand that another common cause of the piston sticking is if the
pads are fairly worn and the piston has to stick out a long way to
fill the gap.
Regards,
Mark
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