CrazyWilly Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 Well, did the best I could to overhaul the parking brake gizmo using the correct o-rings, but the damn thing still leaks? What's the trick? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Peace Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/pspages/handchocks.php?clickkey=2256938 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N201MKTurbo Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 Is it leaking to the outside world or just not holding brake pressure? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffb Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 If it's like mine, it makes an oil spot on the pilot's side carpet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyWilly Posted March 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 Yes--. Leaking to the outside world! Holds the brakes great! Works like a charm? i wonder if its the darn supply hose up top with a hose clamp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
par Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 Had mine repaired during a recent annual. It turned out to be a leaking hose that had been previously repaired with electrical tape. It leaked to the outside world as well as inside the cabin when we filled it up. New hose and it works great now without leaking all over the place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 You actually use the parking brake? What for? At the hold short, I just hold the brakes. Whenever I park at an attended FBO, they always ask me to not set the brake; if unattended, I'll use my travel chocks. When at home, I'm inside a hangar and chocked. I have no idea if my parking brake works. In the almost nine years I've owned her, that's the one control I have never moved . . . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N601RX Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 Just now, Hank said: You actually use the parking brake? What for? At the hold short, I just hold the brakes. Whenever I park at an attended FBO, they always ask me to not set the brake; if unattended, I'll use my travel chocks. When at home, I'm inside a hangar and chocked. I have no idea if my parking brake works. In the almost nine years I've owned her, that's the one control I have never moved . . . . . Better make sure it works. The tiedown area at Reeves has enough slope my plane will roll backwards if the brake is not set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 1 minute ago, N601RX said: Better make sure it works. The tiedown area at Reeves has enough slope my plane will roll backwards if the brake is not set. That's what chocks are for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N601RX Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 The trick is getting the plane to be still long enough to get out and use the chocks. In my experience it started rolling immediately upon releasing the brakes. There is also a little place over in west Alabama that has enough slope at the fuel pump that it took 2 people to stop it from rolling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yetti Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 My reservoir had the wrong size hose. Should be 1/4" with hose clamps and leaked because it was old and wrong size hose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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