Bud,
I think I fixed it today. There was some damage to the exposed part of the
piston, and the edge of the cylinder. No idea how or. when that happened.I
popped the piston using a grease gun with adapter, then repaired and lubric
ated the o-ring and put it back together. Then spent the next 3 hours tryin
g to bleed that side again, on my own, finally success. With parking brake
on I could not turn the jacked up wheel. It seems that even the tiniest amo
unt of air spells total failure.
Karl
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From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com <owner-europa-list-server@matr
onics.com> on behalf of Bud Yerly <budyerly@msn.com>
Sent: 08 July 2018 13:30
Subject: Re: Europa-List: MATCO Brake Caliper
Karl.
The brake and parts for the trigear were on my website. I see there was a
link problem so I'll fix that this morning.
The only problem with a stuck caliper is corrosion. I pull the caliper and
soak the caliper with PB Blaster and then pull back on the brake handle to
pop out the puck or use air and recondition them. Why recondition?
The new caliper may not slip right on your original Europa wheel brake moun
t. That is frustrating.
Bud Yerly
Custom Flight Creations
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From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com <owner-europa-list-server@matr
onics.com> on behalf of Karl Heindl <kheindl@msn.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 7, 2018 1:22:27 PM
Subject: Europa-List: MATCO Brake Caliper
I received the information from Matco. They kept a record of what was suppl
ied to Europa. The brake assembly is WHLB5 and costs $ 98. It is a differen
t shape but is supposed to fit.
Karl
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