In June 2016 I replaced the McCauley main wheels on my plane because of one cracked wheel (see photos). I installed the Cleveland Wheel and Brake conversion kit #199-08400 (aka 199-84) purchased from Aircraft Spruce. The price has gone up considerably since 2016. Then, the price was $1827, which I thought was reasonable for what you get. Now the price is $2675. (In 1967 I bought a new Mustang for $2795.)
With the kit you get two wheels with bearings already packed with grease, brake cylinders (not the master cylinders), brake discs, and brake linings.
The installation was straight-forward; no new plumbing was required. No actual installation instructions were included. Just have your mechanic follow the procedures in the Cessna 150 service manual. Cleveland did include the procedure to follow to properly “break-in” the brake linings.
About a month later, I also replaced the nose wheel (Cleveland p/n 40-77) because the magnesium was corroded enough that I could break off pieces with my fingers.
Kirk, Thank you for providing the links above. I did download the latest parts catalog, 1996 edition, for my airplane since the one I had been using was 1975. I posted the question before I came to my senses and realized the master cylinder was indeed covered in my parts catalog. It is always nice, however, to have the latest edition of the IPC as some parts suppliers will want to sell an old part, been on the shelf for years, now superseded by a revised version which fixes some long ago issue. Thank you once again.
To all those who have chimed in to provide details on the replacement of the McCauley Wheels/brakes with Cleveland Wheels/brakes, I thank you immensely for providing those details. Not sure when this exchange will occur, but it will occur at the earliest opportunity. The photos and narrative has calmed my usually skeptic approach to the point where I see it is clearly not such a chore to undertake this update.The only item that no one approached in our conversation was whether or not the wheel fairing back nut plate would be the same or needed to be updated. However, I have found from the narrative and details provided that such is not the case. As a matter of fact, the IPC for my aircraft, 75782, included a photo depiction of the installation with the same fairing back nut plate for either installation, McCauley or Cleveland. Thanks once again for everyone's help to make my decision an easy one. Cheers and a Happy 2020.
