KR'rs. I have a set of Tracy's brakes for my Loehle 5151...... they are a work of art...... Not in use as yet, but the fit and quality is great...... jw Joe. E. Wallace [email protected]
On Apr 17, 2010, at 7:15 PM, Dan Heath wrote: > I have been contemplating upgrading to a more current set of wheels and > brakes, but do not want it to be a major project. So, I asked Matco, and > Tracy Obrian what could be done with their products, given my 5/8" axles and > Diehl gear. Matco has yet to reply, but here is the reply from Tracy > Obrian, in case anyone is in the same boat. > > > > There are several approaches to swapping out your wheels and brakes: The > first is to modify your existing Matco style axles to allow a set of our > C-90 hydraulic disc brakes to be mounted and then fit the axles with a set > of 5" Azusa TriStar wheels, which interface directly with our C-90's. > > > > The second approach is to unbolt your axles from the Dan Diehl weldments and > bolt on a set of our Cessna style heat treated chromoly axles, along with > our C-90's and 5" TriStars. This would allow you to upgrade to 3/4" axles, > which are 40% stronger than 5/8" axles. The downside to this approach is > that you would have to drill a new bolt pattern in your DD weldments, as > your Matco axles probably have their standard bolt pattern, which is larger > than ours. If you wanted to go this direction, you could ship me your DD > weldments and I could redue them for you. > > > > The Third option is a set of our 3/4" "Pulsar" style chromoly axles, which > have Matco pattern baseplates and use a special configuration of our C-90's. > I'm currently out of the Pulsar axle weldments, but I could include a set in > our next heat treat cycle, which will be in just a few weeks. > > > > Let me know what you think. > > > > Tracy > > > > PS: If you know any KR builders that are going to use DD style gear legs, > our KR style axles will bolt directly to their gear legs and are designed to > accept our Cessna style C-90's and either the 5" TriStars or our 5" Premium > wheels. > > > > > > Daniel R. Heath > > [email protected] > > See N64KR at <http://krbuilder.org/> http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on > the pics > > See you at the 2010 - KR Gathering in Richmond, Ky - I39 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > 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
