Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 21:02:07 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [209.210.29.4] (HELO haaga.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0b7) with ESMTP id 1734863 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 16 Sep 2002 20:27:16 -0400 Received: from utahweb.com [208.187.27.131] by haaga.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-6.06) id A8B2505500EE; Mon, 16 Sep 2002 18:34:58 -0600 X-Original-Message-ID: <3D867688.CF8E795@utahweb.com> X-Original-Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 18:25:45 -0600 From: "Charles L. Keller" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Original-To: Lancair Mail List Subject: Re: Brake failure Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Note: This E-mail was scanned by Declude JunkMail (www.declude.com) for spam. In looking through some old issues of the Lancair Mail Newsletter today I came across an article about failures of Matco rotors. It seems the early rotors had the mounting holes drilled such that they were not exactly 120 degrees apart around the circumference. The holes could be aligned with the matching holes in one position only. If the bolts were tightened with the the rotor in one of the two "improper" positions, they stressed the rotor such as to induced the failure. This was on very early models of the brake. As I recall the Newsletter issue was from the early nineties. If anyone is interested I can look up the exact issue. Charles --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Utahweb]