Challenger Brakes

[GR8-DAD]

The brakes on my CII was ISM (in sy moer) and when I opened up we managed to brake the one shoe that was stuck - so not able to have the shoe redone.
When contacting the agents in the states they gave me the good news: it uses HONDA motorcycle part number 06430-131-405 at R169.64/set, inclusive of vat and shipping

Now for Honda to get it from Belgium - hell, this Global Village of ours is getting smaller by the day..

[Thunderboy]

At least it's not too much of a challenge
Glad to hear you can get sorted out.

[Morph]

Sounds good,

Are you getting it via the local Honda guys or ordering it from the States who are ordering ti from Belgium.

BTW there were a number of changes regarding the brakes over the years so I hope they ship you the correct parts. I'd like to compare them to mine before you install them in case I need to order the parts myself.

[GR8-DAD]

Affirm, the local Honda guys from town and they get direct from Europe, 2-3 weeks delivery via their normal system.

I am impresses with Quad City - I have e-mailed them 3x and received 3x responses from them within 8 hrs each time and my questions was resolved adequately - maybe one of the reasons why they are still in business after 26 years with original owner and over 3000 aeries flying.

Morph, anytime, they matched them to my year model and serial number, I'll pass it by you prior to installation.

[Junkie]

soooo

without brakes .. must be a Hond of challenge to fly then .. woof woof

or

with brakes .. just simply a HondaCityQuadChallenger

How come you didnt get them re-shoe'd ?

[GR8-DAD]

How come you didnt get them re-shoe'd ?

Caus I broke the damn thing beyond repair when I took it off At least, unlike Gert, I remembered the split rim

Junkman, when are you gonna do your convex for Challenger?

[GR8-DAD]

Had ISM shoe repaired and both sets relined - R100 for both inc. ( still waiting for originals from Belgium).

Fitted and tested this weekend, but not very effective. It worx but wont save you when you need to stop quickly. Operated via cables from the stick I came to the conclusion that the CII just has k@k brakes period , unless I fit an old Volksie handbrake like Morph has on his CII. The drums are too small for the work they are supposed to do Surely they had to change this patent on later models

[Morph]

Yip, the brakes are pretty shitty. Later guys ended up puting disk brakes on. I had mine re-shoed about six months ago and they are already flat.

[Tobie]

Same same on this side, at the moment I took all the brake cables, handles and levers out of my plane to start from scratch, now to decide wich way to go, maybe I should start by seeing what the setup is with some of the other Challengers around, and then decide from there.

[GR8-DAD]

Hi Tobie,

We have met at the hanger at Fisantekraal and we have exchanged some e-mails some time ago. Have you started your convex to 3-axis yet?

[Tobie]

Not yet, the brake thing is standing in the way to get the planes authority to fly, then on to the convex, time is just catching up with me, before you realise another week has gone by. What is the situation on your side, flying yet! and with whom are you doing your convex?

[GR8-DAD]

Tobie, nog nie convex nie, steeds besig met solo op blik aerie, maar ek gaan defnitief dit doen by Johan Froneman in Saldanha.