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Old June 20th 09, 04:09 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Terry Mc Elligott
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Default Loud noise upon braking

You might want to contact Michael "Mercury" Morse at Vintage Brake, in
Sonora, California ... he
http://www.vintagebrake.com/

should your TOST brake cease stopping the DG quite as effectively. One
of those very handy contacts to keep in mind.

Terry Mc Elligott
DG-200 / C-GVLB

On Jun 16, 1:56*pm, Itsaplane wrote:
Making a relatively low-energy landing in my DG-300 (s/n 3E1) on
Sunday, I modestly applied the brakes and instantly heard a loud


buzzing (?) noise. *I released the brakes, the noise stopped, and I
reapplied the brakes and heard no noise with normal braking power.

This is a TOST drum brake.

A cursory inspection of the main wheel/brake assembly revealed nothing
out of the ordinary -- though the drum appears to be dragging on the
wheel at various points around its turn (*very* softly dragging, i.e.,
not turning friction-free) -- not sure if it was this way before.

Should I investigate this further?

Thanks,

Eric