Brake unit change B747-8

How do you do everyone. As promised, last week I arrived at the aircraft to operate a flight to Hanoi and back. On arrival, engineering advised that they needed to change a brake unit on the number 7 wheel. This is how it went. Some good points of note is that the jacking up of the wheels does not lift up the whole aircraft but only the wheel truck pair as shown. The brakes fitted to the ab747-8 are Carbon brakes and operationally are excellent. The brake wear indicator is what I show you as the pin that creeps inwards as the brakes get worn. When the pin is flush pretty much, the brake unit needs to be changed. The mechanics did an excellent job and the delay was minimal on my flight that evening. Read the captions as usual. Hope you like it. Chi Di Gin! Later!
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