On my first KR I had the Great Plains brakes and I had two of the bleeder screws strip out on me. I redrilled the holes a little bigger and tapped them with the next size. I modified some AN bolts on my lathe to make new bleeder screws. Just a suggestion to get your brain going if you don't wind up with something better.
I do have a set of Matco calipers that is not on a plane now that I assume will not work for you, but I will bring them by the airport tomorrow and see if they could go on a Cleveland wheel and brake and I also have the remains of a 150 in my backyard and I will see what brakes it has on it. ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Mark Langford" <n5...@hiwaay.net> Reply-To: KRnet <kr...@mylist.net> List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 08:17:44 -0500 >NetHeads, > >Before I went to bed last night, I started wondering about one of my brake >bleeders. I drove off the road at one point to let some traffic by, and when >I pulled back up on the road, the brake disk scraped the edge of the pavement. > This morning I went to the hangar to check on, it brake bleeder is missing >completely. I couldn't get up under it to check, but it either got ripped >completely out of the $300 caliper, or sheared off. I'd have ordered a new >caliper (just to make sure I can fly to the Gathering), but AS&S is out of >stock with a 4 week lead time. I did order new bleeder seats and screws, >which will be delivered tomorrow FedEx. My question is, does anybody have a >30-9C caliper sitting around doing nothing that I could borrow if I get in a >jam early next week? > >If so, and you don't mind me borrowing it, ship it to me. Post to the net >that you're doing it, so I don't get more than one! I only need the caliper >itself (and bleeder screws, if installed). Ship to: 296 Taylor Denton Lane, >Harvest, AL 35749. I'll pay shipping both ways, but I don't need it >FedEx'ed, I don't think. If I could get it by Tuesday of next week that would >get me there, I think. I may not need it, but I want a backup plan, in case >my caliper is terminal... > >Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama >see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford >email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net > >_______________________________________ >Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp >to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net >please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the WebMail system at mail.engalt.com
