Brakes, brakes, and more brakes! (and paint) :)

[George_Pfaltzgraff]

So I finally got to work on the plane (school is starting to slow down) and I decided to work on the brakes, since I need to have landing gear, and I'm re-painting it. So a couple questions, the first one being, the brakes. Do I want the calipers to be flush to the torque plate? should I place some shims between the pads and the disk?

So my 'fitment' plan is as follows:

bolt the torque plate down
slide the caliper into the torque plate, holding it flush
put the wheel assembly in, with a shim between the disk and pad
measure distance between torque plate and the inside hub
cut a piece of pipe to fit
replace hub and pipe, tighten down the shaft nut
turn it out, 1/4 to 1/2 turn, drill holes to lock nut in place
BAM! fully assembled landing gear.

so is the above plan of assembly correct? what shim width should I use?


And lastly, Paint. The damn thing is southwest airlines orange! I was reading that the paint needs to be epoxy paint. What paint should I use? should I sandblast everything off to save weight? I would like to use automotive paint (right color) is that ok or do I need to match the automotive color to an aircraft paint code?


Thanks guys If there is anything else I'm forgetting (and I'm sure there is) feel free to mention it

 

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[George_Pfaltzgraff]

 

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