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Tost brake bolt shears off
I am wondering if others have experienced the shearing of a Tost brake
bolt resulting in brake failure - I'm speaking about the bolt which extends from the hub and is secured to the aircraft frame (not the bolt which extends for the wire lever attachment). I experienced such a failure on my latest landing with a month-old Tost unit - I was puliing more strongly than usual on the brake but not nearly as hard as I could, and certainly not as hard as I would if it had been an emergency situation. I was amazed that such could produce a bolt shear - I would have thought that some other brake part would fail before such a relatively thick bolt would, but I am no mechanic. It makes me wonder about the quality of the parts Tost is using. Is this a known/common point of failure? Jack Glendening |
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