X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 11:39:53 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [206.246.194.60] (HELO visi.net) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.11) with ESMTP id 2270444 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sat, 18 Aug 2007 06:45:07 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=206.246.194.60; envelope-from=rpastusek@htii.com Received: from [69.143.130.212] (HELO DLHTPAX009) by visi.net (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2) with ESMTP id 227203322 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sat, 18 Aug 2007 06:43:57 -0400 From: "Robert Pastusek" X-Original-To: "'Lancair Mailing List'" References: In-Reply-To: Subject: RE: [LML] 360 Handling X-Original-Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 06:44:15 -0400 X-Original-Message-ID: <062201c7e184$ba7ff870$2f7fe950$@com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0623_01C7E163.336E5870" X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 12.0 thread-index: AcfhBW6ZifdRumEySYGj6tqIIcmDkAAfdDEA Content-Language: en-us This is a multipart message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0623_01C7E163.336E5870 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit JP wrote: Bought a 360 . Long story, Price was good. Now the bad. I can't seem to keep my right foot off the brake on landing and takeoff . -- JP, I just helped a friend diagnose a similar problem with his 360. The brake on the opposite wheel was dragging. The pedal/brake cylinder was not fully retracting, causing the brake to drag. It could be released by pulling back on the brake pedal, but difficult to do with your foot in the confined space. Fix was to overhaul the brake cylinders and verify free movement of the pivots and cylinders. Hope this helps. Bob Pastusek ------=_NextPart_000_0623_01C7E163.336E5870 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

JP wrote:

Bought a 360 . Long story, Price was good. Now the bad. I can't seem to =
keep my right foot off the brake on landing and takeoff … 

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JP,
I just helped a friend diagnose a similar problem with his 360. The =
brake on the opposite  wheel was dragging. The pedal/brake cylinder =
was not fully retracting, causing the brake to drag. It could be =
released by pulling back on the brake pedal, but difficult to do with =
your foot in the confined space. Fix was to overhaul the brake cylinders =
and verify free movement of the pivots and cylinders. Hope this =
helps.
 
Bob Pastusek
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