[Fot] Subject: I'm back (rear brake shoes)

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If you can not fit the shoes into the drum, and can not get a shop to arc  
them, file the metal ends of the shoes that fit into the adjuster and  
cylinder ends till the drums will fit with the required click or two of free  
play.  This is an emergency patch that I have used a number of times.   Check 
after the first session to see if the shoes have reasonable contact with  the 
drum. 
 Is anything bent or not aligned?
 
TR Regards,
Hardy
 

Date:  Fri, 01 Jul 2011 19:25:10 -0700
From: "william r tobin"  <william.tobin31 at verizon.net>
To:  <fot at autox.team.net>
Subject: [Fot] I'm  back
<snip>
Any time I've put on linings, it's been a fight. They always seem too  big 
for
the drums, which also seem oversized. Supposed to be 9" but mic out  .060 or
more over. I'm using Kevlar rear shoes and I'm not sold on them. I'm  also
using finned alloy rear drums. Do they still arc-grind drum brake  linings 
to
fit the drums?
<snip>.
Thanks, Bill Tobin  D.A.L.  Racing