Aircraft Maintenance: Wheels and Brakes

Your aircraft wheels and brakes are a very important system that is all to often over looked and neglected! In this video I remove an aircraft main wheel to change a brake rotor and highlight areas that can cause issues.
This video should help you with elementary maintenance on your aircraft as well as items to look for on your walk around before flight.
These links should also help you with your wheel and brake maintenance.
www.rapcoinc.com/brake_discs.asp
www.parker.com/literature/WBt...
www.goodyearaviation.com/reso...

[@TheShadowman68]

So happy I found you. In the process of changing the nose gear tube on a Mooney. Very good explanation. Will look for other videos.

[@fastbackflying853]

Awesome, thank you!

[@avantbaker3253]

Very Informative, for someone who doesn’t own an aircraft its amazing to see how many parts there are to look at when it come to landing gear. Very dangerous when neglected.

[@fastbackflying853]

Really glad you enjoyed the video.

[@katahdinkatahdin]

Great job James keep it up we all appreciate you sharing your knowledge!

[@fastbackflying853]

I am glad you enjoyed it and found it helpful.

[@jesusbarragan4804]

Well explained!! very professional!! I hope to be able to go back flying again after 1 year!!!

[@fastbackflying853]

Thanks very much. I hope you can get back into the air soon.

[@jaxonschirrmeister5541]

Really great stuff! Lots of cool information and looking forward to the next video!!

[@fastbackflying853]

Thanks very much. Glad you found it helpful.

[@lorenzodunn3226]

Excellent

[@garyvanremortel5218]

I always pull the tube out and flex it to ensure it is not cracking along the inner perimeter where the rim split allows ozone to degrade the tube rubber.

[@fastbackflying853]

I see alot of tube failures especially around the stem. I have a few aircraft I am going to change the tubes on shortly just due to age. Tires are not worn but tubes are getting old and it's concerning.

[@DukeAi]

Im here for the swag contest 🖖😳

[@HitmanEF]

Can you just explain the deflating the tire before removing part, if you dont do that was can happen?

[@fastbackflying853]

Its just an extra safety step you can take. When you remove the axle nut the only thing now keeping the wheel halfs together is studs or through bolts, depending on what type of wheel you have. I have seen these cracked, bolts stripped and wheel halfs broken. If you have 30 plus psi of pressure in the tube this could get exciting if something lets go and jumps apart on you.

[@acemaster1001]

i was extremely close too buying this aircraft. hows it panning out?

[@fastbackflying853]

Its going very well thanks.

[@BenzoBenny69]

FX19 was here

[@rodelomenase4730]

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[@jaber8621]

ههههاااي

[@Av8tor501]

Ruined by too many ads!

[@fastbackflying853]

I will check into that. It should only have adds at the start of the video

[@fastbackflying853]

There should be no adds throughout the video now or any other of the videos on my channel.

[@LightAndSportyGuy]

@@fastbackflying853 Thank you for that. Thank you very much.

[@lorenzodunn3226]

Excellent

[@lorenzodunn3226]

Excellent