Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 00:31:48 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mail.san.yahoo.com ([209.132.1.30] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0b7) with ESMTP id 1734956 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 16 Sep 2002 22:14:20 -0400 Received: from paul (206.71.109.135) by mail.san.yahoo.com (6.5.029) (authenticated as naf@britevalley.com) id 3D859DFA0004EE20 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 16 Sep 2002 19:13:51 -0700 From: "Paul Nafziger" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" Subject: RE: [LML] Re: Brake failure X-Original-Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 19:14:06 -0700 X-Original-Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 <<...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. ...>> Hmmm. I recall the rotors only fitting one way. Didn't think it was possible to put them on incorrectly. This does sound like it may be the problem. The new owners of MATCO (asset sale) have no records of the previous company's and won't honor any type of warranty by the former company. They did offer a slight discount and wanted to know more info, which I will supply. Naf LNC2 N7PN