Correct. If your used to Automotive Brakes you would expect to fill the Master cylinder and push the air out thru the caliper bleader on top of the caliper. You do the reverse on an aircraft so the "Bleader" (or fill screw) on the airplane is at the bottom.
Jim St. Petersburg, Florida A&P -----Original Message----- From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net] On Behalf Of Rick Human Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2006 10:38 AM To: KRnet Subject: Re: KR> cleveland brakes Actually the "bleeder" ( a misnomer) should be the low point as the customary method is to use it as the "input" for the fluid - you need to pump from the bottom to the top in aircraft applications - that forces all the air in the callipers, lines and master cylinders out of the system . Rick Human Houston, Texas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Bray" <rsb...@hotmail.com> To: <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2006 9:24 AM Subject: Re: KR> cleveland brakes > Shouldn't the bleeders go up, thats where the air will be. > > Steve Bray > Jackson, Tennessee > > > > > >From: "Mark Langford" <n5...@hiwaay.net> > >Reply-To: KRnet <kr...@mylist.net> > >To: <1...@lizard.esosoft.net>, > ><hermit...@lizard.esosoft.net>,<t...@lizard.esosoft.net>, "KRnet" > ><kr...@mylist.net> > >Subject: Re: KR> cleveland brakes > >Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 09:23:47 -0600 > > > >Rober Pesak wrote: > > > > > I'm installing Cleveland brakes to my gear legs, anyone tell me if > >the are in front of of the axles or aft of the axles. I'm thinking aft and > >with the bleeders pointing down, but if anyone has used the cleveland > >brakes > >please let me know. > > > >See http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/kgear.html for a photo of how I had to > >do it. I guess the bleeder could go up, but then you'd need a 90 degree > >fitting on the bottom. I will say that I've already knocked my bleeder off > >on the edge of the road while towing (almost trashing the very expensive > >caliper) and have come awfully close to doing that again on the "sidewalk" > >between my hangar and the runway. But if had been a 90 brake line fitting > >instead, it probably would have done the same thing. The good thing about > >the bleeder is that it's aluminum, so it shears off without trashing the > >caliper if you're lucky. > > > >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 > > > > _______________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
