X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 17:35:37 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from imo-d21.mx.aol.com ([205.188.144.207] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.11) with ESMTP id 2284238 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sat, 25 Aug 2007 12:20:29 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.188.144.207; envelope-from=PTACKABURY@aol.com Received: from PTACKABURY@aol.com by imo-d21.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r9.2.) id q.c16.1ea3cc82 (65098) for ; Sat, 25 Aug 2007 12:19:49 -0400 (EDT) From: PTACKABURY@aol.com X-Original-Message-ID: X-Original-Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 12:19:49 EDT Subject: Re: [LML] Re: ES Strut issues X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1188058789" X-Mailer: 9.0 Security Edition for Windows sub 5373 X-Spam-Flag: NO -------------------------------1188058789 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 8/25/2007 7:08:31 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, n98pb@sbcglobal.net writes: Jim Have you looked at your brake rotors? I had a shimmy in what I thought was my nose wheel but found it to be the rotors deforming with braking, (heat). Check them cold and they appeared perfect. Final success was to go the high energy Cleveland brakes and replace the rotors. No problems for 300 hours. Pat Brunner IVP Jim: I second Pat's suggestion. We at Chino have chased nose wheel shimmy problems evidenced at low speed during braking on landing rollout on both LongEZs and Glasair IIIs. We brought in a Pro Stock brake designer after watching the rollouts from along the runway and discovering main gear walk. He suggested the cause might be rotor deformation due to heat or wear so we replaced same and had a remarkable improvement in all cases. It could be the tightly cowled main gear trap heat and cause the brake rotors to deform. paul ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour -------------------------------1188058789 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
In a message dated 8/25/2007 7:08:31 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,=20 n98pb@sbcglobal.net writes:
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Jim

Have you looked at your brake=20 rotors?  I had a shimmy in what I thought was my nose wheel but found= it=20 to be the rotors deforming with braking, (heat).  Check them cold and= =20 they appeared perfect.  Final success was to go the high energy Cleve= land=20 brakes and replace the rotors.  No problems for 300=20 hours.

Pat Brunner

IVP

Jim:  I second Pat's suggestion.  We at Chino have chased nos= e=20 wheel shimmy problems evidenced at low speed during braking on landing rollo= ut=20 on both LongEZs and Glasair IIIs.  We brought in a Pro Stock brake desi= gner=20 after watching the rollouts from along the runway and discovering main gear=20 walk.  He suggested the cause might be rotor deformation due to heat or= =20 wear so we replaced same and had a remarkable improvement in all cases. = ; It=20 could be the tightly cowled main gear trap heat and cause the brake rotors t= o=20 deform. 
paul



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