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

[Jim Norlin]

I was thinking about doing this when that last set of shoes wouldn't 
fit.  Glad to hear it works in a pinch.

On 7/2/2011 9:45 PM, Catpusher at aol.com wrote:
> 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
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