I noticed in the August issue of Experimenter magazine that there has been an issue with 5" Cleveland brakes. It seems that sometimes the caliper pistons are put in backwards. This works fine for a while until the brake pads wear down about half way and then brake fluid spews forth, potentially catching on fire if the discs are hot enough (aircraft brake fluid is flammable), but certainly meaning an immediate loss of braking. They recommend that everybody with these brakes check them at the earliest opportunity. Removing the pads and having someone slowly push the pedal until the piston extends out about 3/16" will tell the story. If you see an o-ring, you need to pop the piston out and swap ends with it. If you don't, you're good to go...
Mark Langford, Huntsville, AL N56ML "at" hiwaay.net see KR2S project at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford
