gerrychuck
Well Known Member
Last fall I ran into a problem with the passenger side brakes in my RV6A; on rollout with my pilot son flying from the right side, he calmly informed me that I should take the airplane as he had no brakes on his side. In checking things out after, they would not firm up with pumping, were both affected, but the pilot side pedals were perfect. At annual in September I got the boys from the FBO over with their pressure pump and we bled the system from the bottom up repeatedly. Could never get rid of a little air in the supply lines from the reservoir, but research here tells me that is fairly normal. All pedals nice and firm when finished. No one has flown from the right seat since, so I thought I should check the pedals yesterday; both very soft again, although the left firmed up with a few pushes. Right stayed completely soft. Pilot side pedals fine. I am not sure whether my cylinders are Matco or Cleveland (kit first flew in 2003; not sure when the kit was sold) but I suspect Matco. I will get pics today. At this point I am wondering whether my best option is to just go ahead and rebuild the cylinders on the passenger side and be done with it. My suspicion is that those seals have broken down earlier than the pilot side because they are so rarely exercised.
Any thoughts? Also, if they are indeed the Matco's, does anyone have a quick reference on the part number of the rebuild kit? Thanks in advance.
Any thoughts? Also, if they are indeed the Matco's, does anyone have a quick reference on the part number of the rebuild kit? Thanks in advance.