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Re: Scary moment Bonded Shoes

To: John Slade <edalsj@igs.net>, "Tiger's Den" <tigers@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Scary moment Bonded Shoes
From: Steve Laifman <SLaifman@SoCal.RR.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 16:16:51 -0700
John Slade wrote:
> 

> un-bonded from the metal shoe. .... There
> were no rivets in this lining, only the remains of some sort of
> yellowy/amber bonding material.


> Of concern, in the box of Tiger bits which came with
> the car, there was a bare metal trailing shoe, presumably the mate to
> the one with which I had just had the problem. Clearly one of the
> previous owners had had the same problem with these bonded shoes earlier.
> 
> John Slade
> Manotick, ON

John,

Bonded shoes are not known for their quality, but are built for price.
Then again, you have more difficulty scoring the drums with the rivet heads.

The Three Laws of Thermodynamics, in layman's terms:

1) You can't win.
2) You can't break even.
3) You can't get out of the game.
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