Bob,
I'm not close to my brake supplies, but I believe the rivets should be
4-6 (or was it 4-8) At any rate, I had to purchase the rivets
separately, as the ones supplied with the linings were too short. Once
you have the proper rivets, the rest is a piece of cake.
Jeff - Baby Blue
370 hrs
Robert C Harrison wrote:
> Hi! All
> Any help /suggestions with a problem encountered renewing the brake linings?
> I have Europa supplied Aircraft Spruce Rapco brake linings supplied as a kit
> with the rivets, I also have the correct anvil and punch to install the
> linings on the back plates.
> Having split two linings I have examined all the parts and it would seem
> that the rivets are flat under the heads and the hole in the new pads is
> countersunk.
> The rivets are marked "4-4" and they don't seem long enough to exit the
> back of the plate to begin to "peen" over before "snugging" on to the new
> pad hence when more "peening" is applied the pad splits before the
> unchamfered rivet assumes a conical shape to match the chamfered hole in the
> new lining.
> To me it is quite obvious that the rivets should be chamfered under the
> heads then they just may be long enough to "PEEN" OVER BEHIND THE PLATE.
> Otherwise just supplying longer unchamfered rivets will still split the
> pads?
> Any one overcome this problem ? and how ?
> I'd be delighted to hear.
> Regards
> Bob Harrison.
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