briansmack
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Hi everyone, regarding your Beringer Brakes:
-Do your Beringer brakes "drag" on the rotors? ie the calipers/pads are always left with some residual contact on the discs. For example, I can jack either wheel up off the ground, give a hard of spin as possible by hand, and I will only get 1/4 to 1/2 of a wheel rotation. I can even remove the brake line and fitting from the calipers to prove out the notion of any residual pressure being left in the lines somehow and get the same results. This is also evident with brand new pads, or thin pads just about at the end of their wear limits. For another visual, if you slightly rock the plane back-fourth, the rotor stays clamped by the caliper, and the wheel "notches" and small metal contact tabs clunk against the rotor ears.
Calipers, pistons, seals, fluid, etc all previously verified & replaced with Beringer in working the issue, but same results.
In addition, has anyone had problems with brake shudder? As bulletproof as Beringers are built to be, I previously observed both rotors to be slightly warped. Beringer replaced them, problem resolved for a few months, and has since returned. I fear in part it could be to above issue of constant heating/drag.
thanks
-Do your Beringer brakes "drag" on the rotors? ie the calipers/pads are always left with some residual contact on the discs. For example, I can jack either wheel up off the ground, give a hard of spin as possible by hand, and I will only get 1/4 to 1/2 of a wheel rotation. I can even remove the brake line and fitting from the calipers to prove out the notion of any residual pressure being left in the lines somehow and get the same results. This is also evident with brand new pads, or thin pads just about at the end of their wear limits. For another visual, if you slightly rock the plane back-fourth, the rotor stays clamped by the caliper, and the wheel "notches" and small metal contact tabs clunk against the rotor ears.
Calipers, pistons, seals, fluid, etc all previously verified & replaced with Beringer in working the issue, but same results.
In addition, has anyone had problems with brake shudder? As bulletproof as Beringers are built to be, I previously observed both rotors to be slightly warped. Beringer replaced them, problem resolved for a few months, and has since returned. I fear in part it could be to above issue of constant heating/drag.
thanks