Title: brake & rudder
Knocking out a few small jobs while I'm waiting for a replacement floor stiffener to show up. Today I installed the brake pedals & master cylinders on teh rudder weldments. Not much to say about this that hasn't already been said by others. lots of clamping and marking to make sure everything is lined up. I will say, I've seen a lot of people advocate waiting until this unit is installed in the airplane to see where you want the angle of the pedals, but that's pretty much dictated by edge distance for the bolt hole you have to drill in the ear that comes fwd off the brake pedals. I clamped the pedals in place so they were all symmetrical with each other in a position that gave me 2 ED on that hole, then started the hole by back drilling through the master cylinder mounting hole with a 90* drill. Once I had the hole located, I pulled the pedals off the assy and finished the hole on my drill press, then reamed it to final size. I spent literally about an hour tossing the whole shop looking for the correct AN3 bolts that attach the master cylinders to the rudder pedals. I was about ready to give up and just drive across town to airparts to buy more when I discovered them in a baggie from vans that contains all pipe fittings etc for plumbing the brakes.


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