ShadowVonChadwick Posted January 1, 2019 Posted January 1, 2019 (edited) This is the second time I have repaired/rebuilt the "Friction" brake shoes. The first time the rubber feet, friction pads, had worn through and fallen detached from the spring loaded plunger/push-rod. Bits of rubber and parts of the pads lay scattered over the throttle base plate. As well as a lot of plastic dust from the plastic on plastic action. The top of the shoes should be flat & the "drum" has lost a few mm of radius. There are two of these, one for each throttle lever. Last time I used layers of industrial quality PVC coated cloth adhesives tape. It lasted longer then I thought it would. The original friction pads were injection molded to the ends of the push rods, attachment was always to be the problem. This time I risked drilling the feet and fitting "attachment screws" Tough ridged thermo plastic can be brittle. The screws had to bit enough to form a reliable thread while not applying to much "expansive" force causing the "shoe" structure to shatter. So far it works, this time I used a semi flexible plastic material about 1 mill in thickness. The other option is the classic leather. used for millennium in such applications. Sorry I forgot to take photos as I was doing final assembly, trying to hold to many floating bits and use a screw driver. Edited January 2, 2019 by ShadowVonChadwick RyZen5 3600x, MSI GamingX RX 5700xt, AX-370-K7, 16 Gig G-Skil 3200 :thumbup:, Antec 650w (Still),Win10 on 256G 870 NVMe, 860+850 Evo for Apps, 2x1TB WD HDs for :music_whistling:, TR5 :detective:, Hog stick:joystick:, 3x TM MFD Bezels. a 32" AOC, @ 2560x1440, no floppy & a crappy chair :pain:. Its hard to find a chair that accepts you as you grow.:pilotfly:
FragBum Posted January 1, 2019 Posted January 1, 2019 Another material I have used for "friction" is felt pads bunnies has a selection of the stuff. An early prototype here,.. Admittedly I have a better solution for that application now. Probably our summers got the better of the original. :D Control is an illusion which usually shatters at the least expected moment. Gazelle Mini-gun version is endorphins with rotors. See above. Currently rolling with a Asus Z390 Prime, 9600K, 32GB RAM, SSD, 2080Ti and Windows 10Pro, Rift CV1. bu0836x and Scratch Built Pedals, Collective and Cyclic.
ShadowVonChadwick Posted January 1, 2019 Author Posted January 1, 2019 (edited) I don' think felt has the tensile strength required here. Yes its a common bearing material, and have used it myself a few times. Leather is the way next strip-down. Edited January 1, 2019 by ShadowVonChadwick RyZen5 3600x, MSI GamingX RX 5700xt, AX-370-K7, 16 Gig G-Skil 3200 :thumbup:, Antec 650w (Still),Win10 on 256G 870 NVMe, 860+850 Evo for Apps, 2x1TB WD HDs for :music_whistling:, TR5 :detective:, Hog stick:joystick:, 3x TM MFD Bezels. a 32" AOC, @ 2560x1440, no floppy & a crappy chair :pain:. Its hard to find a chair that accepts you as you grow.:pilotfly:
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