Yep the Salgado Bros in Los Angeles ( east) have done great ,fast and cheap
work on my clutch and brakes for my car . They also do various racers
around town also( besides the usual local work ) . The first time I went in
he recognised them as TR shoes right off. Mike TR2inLA
> [Original Message]
> From: Lou Metelko <lmtr4a@ctlnet.com>
> To: List <>
> Date: 4/12/2005 6:02:51 PM
> Subject: brake shoes
>
> Listers:
>
> A couple of weeks ago I removed the cover on the 54 TR2 to start the
annual
> preseason cleaning and servicing. During the last week of last year's
driving
> season I noticed that the left front brake had a tendency to grab (2s and
> early 3s have drums front and rear). Sure enough when I pulled that drum
I
> saw that a cylinder had leaked and ruined the shoes. Kind of took my
breath
> away when I saw that Moss wanted $100 a set for the 10" drums.
>
> My hometown of Auburn, Indiana has a huge number of classic cars that
> routinely drive in our 10,000 population town so I started asking around
where
> one could get brake shoes relined. All recommended a 30 year old company
in
> Ft. Wayne, Indiana whose only function is rebuilding brake shoes. The
owner
> was at his normal station behind the counter when I picked up my relined
shoes
> today. He said most of the popular British car shoes can be relined for a
> cost of $9 per shoe!
>
> Old world craftsmen like him don't bother with new fangled web sites and
do
> quite well, thank you. Business name is Brake Materials & Parts with a
phone
> number of 260-426-3331.
>
> NFI of course but I wanted to pass the name to listers facing the high
price
> of some brake shoes from our normal suppliers.
>
> Lou Metelko
> Auburn, Indiana
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