Rolling Resistance

[GrayHawk]

My older 6A is harder to pull & push than I think it should be. Also several others have noted that. When I pull it with the nose tug, I can hear some amount of brake noise on the main gear wheels. My question is, how much brake drag should be there. (I run 35# in nose tire, 32-34# in main tires)

For the main gear only (enough has been said about the bearing setup of the nose gears), I'm planning on checking the following:

- brake pad clearance
- brake pedal return springs
- toe in/out
- camber
- any misalignment of main gear

Along with the usual condition inspection items of bearing wear, repack, and bearing preload.

Any other thoughts?

 

[67MK Larry]

Push and pull resistance

In my cas two things: the fairing backing plate on right gear was loose and dragging on rotor, I thought it was brakes. The main gear bearings had not been repacked at least for two years. After that pulling and pushing is a breeze.......

 

[buz]

You should have very little resistance from the brake drag if any. I was having a similiar problem and discovered that the brake pad was binding on the bracket for the wheel pant. This only interfered when the pads wore down.

Also I noticed if my tires are a little low on pressure it make a big difference on pushing the plane