Wanted: Article from Soaring, March 1998

Tim Taylor wrote:

Don't do it! Send the wheel to Vintage Brake in Sonora California.
The Steckner mod is self energizing but won't release properly once
engaged.

http://www.vintagebrake.com/


Any company that uses the term "billet" in their ads looks
like they are mainly aimed at the motorcycle crowd. I thought
the soaring community had a bit more intelligence than to
use such language. :-(
...lew...

On Nov 14, 6:41*am, Lewis Hartswick wrote:
Tim Taylor wrote:

Don't do it! *Send the wheel to Vintage Brake in Sonora California.
The Steckner mod is self energizing but won't release properly once
engaged.

http://www.vintagebrake.com/

Any company that uses the term "billet" in their ads looks
like they are mainly aimed at the motorcycle crowd. I thought
the soaring community had a bit more intelligence than to
use such language. :-(
* * ...lew...

On Nov 14, 6:41*am, Lewis Hartswick wrote:
Tim Taylor wrote:

Don't do it! *Send the wheel to Vintage Brake in Sonora California.
The Steckner mod is self energizing but won't release properly once
engaged.

http://www.vintagebrake.com/

Any company that uses the term "billet" in their ads looks
like they are mainly aimed at the motorcycle crowd. I thought
the soaring community had a bit more intelligence than to
use such language. :-(
* * ...lew...

yes, they do a lot of brake work on motorcycles. Don't hold that
against them.
They did a great job on my Tost wheel brake and for a good price and
on schedule.
I give Vintage Brake a big thumbs up.
Dan

On Nov 14, 10:02*am, Dan wrote:
On Nov 14, 6:41*am, Lewis Hartswick wrote:

Tim Taylor wrote:

Don't do it! *Send the wheel to Vintage Brake in Sonora California.
The Steckner mod is self energizing but won't release properly once
engaged.

http://www.vintagebrake.com/

Any company that uses the term "billet" in their ads looks
like they are mainly aimed at the motorcycle crowd. I thought
the soaring community had a bit more intelligence than to
use such language. :-(
* * ...lew...

yes, they do a lot of brake work on motorcycles. *Don't hold that
against them.
They did a great job on my Tost wheel brake and for a good price and
on schedule.
I give Vintage Brake a big thumbs up.
Dan

Seriously - Can they also install a bushing as needed when the
camshaft wears away the casting ?

Michael "Mercury" Morris at Vintage Brakes does excellent work at a
fair price and in a timely manner. I highly recommend his work.

He overhauled my AS-W20 P.O.J. Tost unit including detecting and
bushing out the ovalized holes, installing high performance brake
shoes, and making the shoes and drum concentric (unlike almost all
stock Tost brakes I have ever seen). The brake would lock, if I
desired, after his work and continued to perform perfectly for years.

Happily, he is not wise enough (yet) to stop working of whiner glider
pilot's brakes. I believe he only works on "racing lawnmower" Tost
brakes as he does not want the liability of working on aircraft - and
maybe because lawnmowers are the only thing a stock Tost unit is good
for.

Mark (AS-W20C with a real hydraulic aircraft brake)

On Nov 14, 6:41*am, Lewis Hartswick wrote:
Tim Taylor wrote:

Don't do it! *Send the wheel to Vintage Brake in Sonora California.
The Steckner mod is self energizing but won't release properly once
engaged.

http://www.vintagebrake.com/

Any company that uses the term "billet" in their ads looks
like they are mainly aimed at the motorcycle crowd. I thought
the soaring community had a bit more intelligence than to
use such language. :-(
* * ...lew...

Yes, that is their main business. They can (and have, for me) make a
vintage quad leading shoe cable actuated road racing drum brake work
every bit as well as a dual disc system. There are numerous people
who have had Vintage Brake turn their nearly useless Tost brake into
something that actually works, and they do it for a reasonable and
don't take forever.