I had the Great Plains brakes and didn't have any problems with them. I had the rod side facing up. I don't know if that was why I didn't have problems, but it sounds like a likely cause to me.
I have also seen them mounted relatively horizontally. The brackets they come with have them horizontal but slanted up. I just looked at the link on Jeff Duval's plane that Mark posted http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/columbia/columbia.html and about a third of the way down there is a picture of his horizontaly with this statement "Heel brakes ala Petteway. Air in the lines is intentional to prevent vapor locking when they heat up. They are Hegar heel actuated master cylinders, ACS catalog number WBK01.1" It says that they are Hegar brakes, but as far as I can tell they are the same ones Steve sells. Brian Kraut Engineering Alternatives, Inc. www.engalt.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Martindale Family Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 2:31 AM To: KRnet Subject: KR> More brakes and here is the site picturing my system. It actually recommends transmission fluid as well...... http://www.greatplainsas.com/ihydbrake.html Is anyone else using this system? Martindale Family 29 Jane Circuit TOORMINA NSW 2452 AUSTRALIA ph: 61 2 66584767 email: [email protected] web: http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/johnjanet/Martindale.htm _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
