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How does the wire from the removable pad couple electronically with the permanent housing? Is it like a contact plate or is there an actual m-f style plug?
by AndrewKemendo 3y ago
How does the wire from the removable pad couple electronically with the permanent housing? Is it like a contact plate or is there an actual m-f style plug?
- hatsunearu 3y agosome cars have this system and yes, there's a connector dangling out the back of a brake pad (more like the side, but you get the point)
- sokoloff 3y agoOn cars with the equivalent system, there’s a plug (single pin on most) and the wearing though of the sensor grounds that pin. On this page, the black cylinder is the sensor and white body is the connector: https://www.autozone.com/brakes-and-traction-control/brake-pad-wear-sensor-front/p/duralast-brake-pad-wear-sensor-wk06/296524_0_0 https://www.autozone.com/brakes-and-traction-control/brake-p...
- nvy 3y agoI'm not sure I understand the question. When the techs install a new brake assembly, the wiring harness is connected at the same time as the hydraulic system. The pad itself is never changed on the flight line. It's quicker and easier to change the entire assembly and have the worn brakes rebuilt in a second line shop.
- AndrewKemendo 3y agoAh I see, I had envisioned a pad that was replaceable like an individual brake pad on a car
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- nvy 3y agoI'm most familiar with the C-130 but I believe it's common on many types: the pad is replaceable but in order to do that you have to remove the entire brake assy, which means it's more efficient to just slap a new assy on and send the worn one to 2nd line to be rebuilt/overhauled. Often that 2nd line is subcontracted out.
- AndrewKemendo 3y ago>Often that 2nd line is subcontracted out As is tradition. Thanks for the insight