Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2002 03:40:09 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [32.97.166.31] (HELO prserv.net) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0b7) with ESMTP id 1733463 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sat, 14 Sep 2002 21:57:36 -0400 Received: from oemcomputer (slip-32-102-188-116.tx.us.prserv.net[32.102.188.116]) by prserv.net (out1) with SMTP id <2002091501573120101j66j0e>; Sun, 15 Sep 2002 01:57:32 +0000 From: "Larry Henney" X-Original-To: "'Lancair Mailing List'" Subject: RE: [LML] Re: Brake rotor failure X-Original-Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2002 20:58:09 -0500 X-Original-Message-ID: <000201c25c5b$58fc3c20$74bc6620@oemcomputer> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2627 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 >It had 14 landings on it. Naf, That sounds about like mine. I was under 100 hours. The kicker on mine was the piece fell out; then the pads closed together in the gap. Remaining rotor impacted the closed pads. Whammo! We were then skidding. Happening at high speed would've been catostrophic. The wheel didn't turn until the remaining rotor was removed. That's why I feel you're so lucky. Larry