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1. 05:34 PM - Re: looking for help with "mushy" brakes on CJ (Pete Fowler)
2. 08:11 PM - Re: Re: looking for help with "mushy" brakes on CJ (Jon Boede)
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| Subject: | Re: looking for help with "mushy" brakes on CJ |
I had mushy feeling brakes. The cable inspected fine but was at the end of its
adjustment. As a rule, I always brief the GIB about using the brakes and have
them hold the plane with the brakes when I'm pulling the prop through.
I was taxiing down-hill at Catalina (which has a several hundred foot cliff with
no barriers at the end of the taxiway I was on when the cable failed. Had I
been alone, I would have gone for the dirt off the taxiway but I thought to tell
the GIB briskly "GRAB THE BRAKES".
As mentioned, the solder and cable had failed underneath the wire wrap so there
were no visual signs that it was failing other than that "mushy" feeling.
I replaced both cables with full aircraft quality cable and swages. No bicycle
parts for my plane. Grabbing a non-brake heading towards a cliff should be a once-in-a-lifetime
bit of excitement.
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| Subject: | Re: looking for help with "mushy" brakes on CJ |
I had mushy brakes in my CJ as a result of a sudden increase in mushiness..
. immediately got a new cable from Doug. These things are signs of things
to come.
Amazing how much rust was in the old tube... much better control with the n
ew one and it took hardly any time to replace it.
> Subject: Yak-List: Re: looking for help with "mushy" brakes on CJ
> From: pfdesign1@cox.net
> Date: Mon=2C 21 Oct 2013 17:32:43 -0700
> To: yak-list@matronics.com
>
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> I had mushy feeling brakes. The cable inspected fine but was at the end o
f its adjustment. As a rule=2C I always brief the GIB about using the brake
s and have them hold the plane with the brakes when I'm pulling the prop th
rough.
>
> I was taxiing down-hill at Catalina (which has a several hundred foot cli
ff with no barriers at the end of the taxiway I was on when the cable faile
d. Had I been alone=2C I would have gone for the dirt off the taxiway but I
thought to tell the GIB briskly "GRAB THE BRAKES".
>
> As mentioned=2C the solder and cable had failed underneath the wire wrap
so there were no visual signs that it was failing other than that "mushy" f
eeling.
>
> I replaced both cables with full aircraft quality cable and swages. No bi
cycle parts for my plane. Grabbing a non-brake heading towards a cliff shou
ld be a once-in-a-lifetime bit of excitement.
>
>
>
>
> Read this topic online here:
>
> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=411043#411043
>
>
>
>
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> http://forums.matronics.com//files/brake_cable_912.jpg
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