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PC/SR · 01-14-2016, 01:03 PM

Regarding your question of bending the roller tracks, the original cast iron tracks can be bent a small amount, maybe 1/16" or less. However, they will break. I found on mine where some of them had been brazed in the past at break points.
The new replacement tracks are steel and will not bend to adjust. I had to use Flathead Teds Shoe Centering Pins (Snyders #A2045 FHT) to center the brakes on which I used the steel replacement tracks.
There are lots of threads on brakes in the Search feature the will cover about anything you need to know.

01-14-2016, 01:03 PM	#5
PC/SR Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Santa Rosa, CA Posts: 1,279	Re: Centering Front & Rear Brake Shoes Regarding your question of bending the roller tracks, the original cast iron tracks can be bent a small amount, maybe 1/16" or less. However, they will break. I found on mine where some of them had been brazed in the past at break points. The new replacement tracks are steel and will not bend to adjust. I had to use Flathead Teds Shoe Centering Pins (Snyders #A2045 FHT) to center the brakes on which I used the steel replacement tracks. There are lots of threads on brakes in the Search feature the will cover about anything you need to know.