Cleveland Wheel and Brake Systems

Cleveland Wheel & Brake Systems (CWBS), a Signia Aerospace company, makes aircraft wheels, brakes and brake system components in Avon, Ohio. The brand was founded in 1936 by Elmer VanSickle, a First World War veteran and former commercial pilot, and the site says that for over 85 years airplane manufacturers, landing gear makers, mechanics and pilots have used Cleveland products in the general aviation, turboprop, business jet, rotorcraft and military markets. All of its wheel and brake assemblies are manufactured in the USA at the Avon factory. Programmes named on the site include the Cessna 172, Pilatus PC-12 and PC-24, Black Hawk and Apache helicopters, Air Tractor 602 and 802, the Bell/Boeing V-22 Osprey, the Daher TBM series and the Piper M-series.

Products

• Wheel assemblies: main, nose/tail and dolly wheels
• Brake assemblies: internal single and dual caliper, flange driven, tubewell driven, external single and dual caliper, and rotor brakes
• Obsidian brake discs, described as engineered for longer life
• Hydraulics: parking brake valves, standard and reservoir master cylinders, shimmy dampers and actuators
• Conversion and repair kits: wheel and brake conversions, nose wheel conversions, hydraulic and seal repair kits

Products are sold through a worldwide network of distributors, listed under Where to Buy, and the site has a Find by Aircraft tool that searches by make, model and year or serial number.

Cirrus

The Find by Aircraft tool on clevelandwheelandbrake.com lists Cirrus Design Corp among the aircraft makes it covers, alongside Cessna, Piper, Beechcraft, Diamond, Mooney and others, so Cirrus owners and shops can look up the Cleveland wheel and brake assemblies, discs, linings and repair kits that apply to their model and serial number. The page about the company does not list Cirrus among its named programmes, so the tool and the technical publications are the place to check the exact part numbers for an SR20 or SR22.

Resources

The site publishes the Technician's Service Guide and the Component Maintenance Manual as downloads, a Supplier Quality Requirements Manual, pro tips on wheel bearings, brake lining thickness and tire pressure, and replacement nameplate requests. Product-specific technical publications are available through its subscription partner Veryon (formerly ATP).

Contact

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