On 13 Jul 2004 05:12:11 GMT, (COUGARNFW) wrote:

Ron...

The wheels, of course, are not brakes, and I have no info on them.

What, specifically, did you need?

Thanks, Neal. Cy Galley sent me the exploded diagram from an old ACS
catalog, and that's really all I needed. Didn't really have a specific
question; just wanted a diagram showing the parts and their relationships
in case I ever *did* have to dissect a brake. It did answer one question I
had-- whether the "thick" Goodyear puck was for yet another model of brake
or was used on the piston side of mine (the latter).

Goodyear apparently made quite a variety of wheel/brake types. A few years
back, I picked up a used tire and Goodyear wheel & brake assembly at a
local fly-in for $5. Thought I'd be able to use it for spare parts...but
it had the round pucks, rather than the kidney-shaped ones mine use.

A month ago, a guy across the hangar row with a Luscombe said he needed a
particular ring for his Goodyear wheels. He had the round-puck type, so I
handed him my old wheel and said "Help yourself." He disassembled it, but
found it didn't match his, either.

Back in December 2002, when I had the brake pad munched, I ran the trapline
looking for replacement pads. I was eventually referred to a guy on the
east coast (believe it was one of the Carolinas) that was supposedly one of
the experts on Goodyear wheel/brakes. He's the guy who told me I had the
"last model" type of Goodyears...the last version of the system before they
stopped making them. Don't know if it's true or not, but they are
apparently less trouble-prone that the run-of-the-mill model.

Ron Wanttaja