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Old 05-20-2020, 05:48 PM   #14
Patrick L.
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Default Re: Arcing Brake Shoes

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Originally Posted by larry harding View Post
i have a friend(in his eighties) here that has worked on a's most of his life. he has a way
to arc the shoes in a press to make them fit the drum. in fact he gave me his old brake shoe grinder, never uses it. just bends the shoes til they fit the drum radius.



Many years ago when Macs was still Lockport they said thats how they did them. Stuck the shoe in a press and 'warped' it.
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