Jonathan Alvord
Well Known Member
I think I know the answer but it baffled myself and the mechanic.
I had been losing braking ability on the left Main Brake. Thought maybe I needed to bleed the brakes and took it to the shop. When I got there the A&P thought the o-ring was shot (IT was). We then replaced it and bled the left brakes, put the cowlings back on an took it for short spin. Problem not solved. Left brake still barely working. Back to the shop, put on new brake pads, and the left brake still didn't work! At that point I jumped into the Co-pilot seat (very strange to sit there after 250hr in the Left Seat) and at that point the Left brake worked but the Right did not! And of course I had put all the cowlings back on and had to take them all off again.
Well the owner of the shop came in and we talked about it a bit and then decided that we needed to start from scratch, this time bleeding both sides. They now work like a charm!
FLAPS
Twice now in the last month or so I have landed and noticed the flaps have over extended and won't retract without causing some damage. Is there a limit switch on the electric flap assembly? Or what could be causing the leading edge of the flap to rotate out of from the trailing edge of the wing?
Jon
I had been losing braking ability on the left Main Brake. Thought maybe I needed to bleed the brakes and took it to the shop. When I got there the A&P thought the o-ring was shot (IT was). We then replaced it and bled the left brakes, put the cowlings back on an took it for short spin. Problem not solved. Left brake still barely working. Back to the shop, put on new brake pads, and the left brake still didn't work! At that point I jumped into the Co-pilot seat (very strange to sit there after 250hr in the Left Seat) and at that point the Left brake worked but the Right did not! And of course I had put all the cowlings back on and had to take them all off again.
Well the owner of the shop came in and we talked about it a bit and then decided that we needed to start from scratch, this time bleeding both sides. They now work like a charm!
FLAPS
Twice now in the last month or so I have landed and noticed the flaps have over extended and won't retract without causing some damage. Is there a limit switch on the electric flap assembly? Or what could be causing the leading edge of the flap to rotate out of from the trailing edge of the wing?
Jon