RobertGary1 Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 (edited) 21 hours ago, Nippernaper said: We're going to dig into the issue next week; will report back. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Just crack the bleed valve and let a couple drops dip out. I'd bet money it would come out like jello and you know the problem right away. -Robert Edited October 12, 2018 by RobertGary1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC95312 Posted October 13, 2018 Report Share Posted October 13, 2018 Caliper guides are definitely a suspect. These jewels like to rust. Clean them and lubricate them with a graphite metal lube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nippernaper Posted September 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2019 So it's taken a while, but it seems like the issue was the flexible lines to the brakes. It appears the lining collapsed, which trapped a small amount of pressure in the caliper; just enough to make life difficult trying to push the plane back into the hangar. So far so good, anyway. We'll see if the issue reappears, but for now it looks like this was it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N201MKTurbo Posted September 16, 2019 Report Share Posted September 16, 2019 You have to replace those every 40 years or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yetti Posted September 16, 2019 Report Share Posted September 16, 2019 2 hours ago, Nippernaper said: So it's taken a while, but it seems like the issue was the flexible lines to the brakes. It appears the lining collapsed, which trapped a small amount of pressure in the caliper; just enough to make life difficult trying to push the plane back into the hangar. So far so good, anyway. We'll see if the issue reappears, but for now it looks like this was it. doubtful. That's not quite how the stratoflex tubing will fail. It has a metal braid on the outside. If it is so bad that the internal tubing is failing, then you will have lots more problems. Hopefully you replaced it. When I replaced mine, I bent it and it just broke in half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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