New Brake Lining

[Roadster62]

Is the new brake lining sold today thicker than normal? We relines all the shoes and cranked the adjusters all the way out and still can't get the drums on easily. Bob

[Tom Wesenberg]

Is this the front, or the rear?
If it's the rear, then try the drum without the parking brake installed.
I've seen guys trying to install shoes with the brake adjusting shaft turned the wrong way, so the angles didn't match the adjustment cone.

[2manycars]

I usually run the shoes over a belt sander gently to remove any high spots, and to chamfer the ends. That is usually enough to clear the drum.

[stewwolfe]

Many of the vendors sell both normal and thick linings.


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[Roadster62]

Thanks stewwolfe, glad to know there is standard and oversize. This is an early AR without the parking brake, looks like I'll be sanding things tomorrow. Bob

[larrys40]

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I would make sure the adjusting wedge and shoe anchor pins ( mate with the adjuster) are working properly. with the adjuster backed off all the way you must take it in till the shoes pull in... you will feel the click if everything is working properly. Otherwise if it's out and in between the detent it will actually hold the shoes out.

Make sure the shoes are "centered" using a centering gauge... also, use one of the outside mic drum gauges to check the outside width and then compare to the inside width of the drum. My bet is things aren't centered and shoes aren't arced to fit the drums.

All part of a comprehensive brake job.
Larry Shepard

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Originally Posted by larrys40

My bet is things aren't centered and shoes aren't arced to fit the drums.

^ ^ ^ Yep!!

[Tom Wesenberg]

I agree with Larry and was wondering the same thing. I haven't had to sand standard linings to fit the drums. The only lining I had to sand was the parking brake lining on a 1930 AA I worked on. I used my hand held belt sander and it fit well after a light sanding.