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I'm looking for two brake line retainer brackets part# 0741000-7. So far I haven't had any luck locating some. If somebody knows where I can get two of these critters thanks

Those hard to find parts that nobody has anymore ? Being the engineer that I am, I would suggest you find some 4130 steel stock and make them. It might take you an hour or so on a grinder and tourch to do so.
As long as you own the aircraft the FARs permit you to manufacture replacement parts that are equilivant to the orginal part. Weather you order the part from Cessna or provide specs to a machine shop or make them in your garage/shop according to approved aircraft methods you are in good shape according to the FARs, you just cant sell them.

Those little klips aren't something you can make out of normal 4130 steel. They are spring steel and have a little dimple in one leg of the klip to snap into the little detent in the gear leg. I doubt that a home manufacture of this part would be much better than a bit of bubble gum.

Try preferred airparts ,their website is great and they have cessna parts" old stock " in new condition.

You won't like the price, but it's available from Premier Aviation (http://www.iwantcessnaparts.com) for $60 each.

Thanks for the responses. I will probable order.

one roll of duct tape per gear leg will last for years!

A bead of silicone works really well.

And of course, a large, properly re-shaped Adel clamp will do this best at lowest cost.

Zip ties cinched up tight work well also and they won't chafe the brake line like baling wire!

4583C wrote:Zip ties cinched up tight work well also and they won't chafe the brake line like baling wire!

They sure do I broke one of mine during a tire change and have had my eye out for the super wide ties that was on the plane when I bought it, but have not found them yet The deluxe trick would be to wrap baling wire with duct tape

N1478D wrote:

4583C wrote:Zip ties cinched up tight work well also and they won't chafe the brake line like baling wire!

They sure do I broke one of mine during a tire change and have had my eye out for the super wide ties that was on the plane when I bought it, but have not found them yet The deluxe trick would be to wrap baling wire with duct tape

Now your talking! Duct tape and baling wire!

Actually you can make these clips out of 4130 steel. I too have used zip ties the last several years not wanting to be extorted by Cessna for the factory part. But this year, I decided to give it a try having just bought some 4130 chrome moly for other projects. The steel is 0.040" thick. Get out yer hacksaw, file and grinder. Use a dull centerpuch to make the dimple and yer set to go. It may not have quite the spring of the factory part but if you make the dimple "man-sized" it will fill the hole in the gear leg very nicely and has held like a champ, even through Alaska gravel bar operations.

So it was Friday the 13th 2001, a nice sunny spring day here in Anchorage. The ice on Lake Hood was starting to go, temperatures were all the way up in the 40s, so it looked like a good day to get off skis and back on wheels.

While reinstalling the brake lines, I decided it was time to finally break down and get a new brake line clip. The plane had one when I bought it, and so I thought what the heck. Sent Judy off to the local Cessna dealer with 60 bucks, and she came back with a new clip and $13. I was so happy, the gear legs finally matched right and left, and no cheapie tie wrap anymore!

Finished the job around 3:30, fired her up, and called Lake Hood Tower to let them know I would be taxiing over to the public ramp to exit the lake. (the lake was officially closed, but I just thought I'd be nice and tell them)

So off I go, and again being courteous, avoided what had been the ski runway and headed down the taxi channel. I was so happy, just driving along the ice, looking forward to a good summer of wheel flying.

Then, you guessed it, it happened. Ice, snow, and water started flying past the windows, and everything came to a dead halt. Oh dear me, I was sinking.

I had forgottend about a pressure ridge that had formed the previous November, and was chainsawed out in February. The ice there never got as thick as the rest of the lake, and it was a soft spot in April. You can see it as the dark line under the left wing.

So, it wasn't so bad. There happened to be the largest crane in Anchorage at the airport, and it wasn't anything for them to lift me out.

What does this all have to do with brake line clips? Well, after the plane was out of the water, and back at it's tie down spot, the only thing missing was my brand new clip. Yep, $47 dollars to hold a brake line for 90 minutes.

I'm back to tie wraps now.

And yes, the water was cold.

Once again, a clean bead of clear silicone. On my 195 I replaced the brake lines with slainless braid covered aeroquip that was siliconed on along the full length of where it laid on the rear of the leg. I thought it made a nicer less turbulent setup. Might even help get the A models to go as fast as the B. Whoops, opened that one up.