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holdover · 05-12-2019, 09:34 AM

back in the late 50s to the mid 70s the local parts dealer where I lived at the time in Huntington NY, Suffolk Auto parts, would always arc the shoes to your drums, if you brought the drums in to them. Seems like auto shops got away from doing that with all the concern about asbestos dust. Brakes do work better from the start when this is done. One of my regrets a few years ago, Brent had a brake arcing machine at the Mid-Atlantic swap meet in Lurray VA, and I didn't purchase it..

05-12-2019, 09:34 AM	#7
holdover Senior Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: SW Virginia near the Blue ridge Parkway Posts: 674	Re: Is Arcing shoes necessary for brake job? back in the late 50s to the mid 70s the local parts dealer where I lived at the time in Huntington NY, Suffolk Auto parts, would always arc the shoes to your drums, if you brought the drums in to them. Seems like auto shops got away from doing that with all the concern about asbestos dust. Brakes do work better from the start when this is done. One of my regrets a few years ago, Brent had a brake arcing machine at the Mid-Atlantic swap meet in Lurray VA, and I didn't purchase it..