[Fot] Brake shoe re-arching

[Steve Yott]

A dying breed!  I looked up machines in EBay and there are about 4 of them
for sale!

Steve 

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Caldwell [mailto:peter at nosimport.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 3:24 PM
To: tr4 at wi.rr.com; toodamnfunky at comcast.net; 'fot'
Subject: Re: [Fot] Brake shoe re-arching

www.brakeplace.com in Minneapolis is quite adept.  Click on their "machine
shop" tab.
         Peter C
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At 11:37 AM 6/27/2012, Steve Yott wrote:
>Good luck with that.  I haven't seen one of those tools in 40 years!  I 
>used one of these in a shop when we would actually reline shoes with 
>material which was very thick and you would radius the shoes on the 
>machine which was basically a sanding wheel.  The normal cut on a drum 
>would be about 010 to 020 and the new shoes should bed in okay.
>
>Steve Yott
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: fot-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net] On 
>Behalf Of toodamnfunky at comcast.net
>Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 11:07 AM
>To: fot
>Subject: [Fot] Brake shoe re-arching
>
>Hey FoT,
>
>I'm getting ready to reline my brakes and I have inquired at my local 
>shops
>
>about re-arching the shoes to fit the newly turned drums. Out of three 
>inquiries
>
>all three thought I was from another planet and all three suggested I 
>bring the
>
>car in so they could adjust my brakes properly. I suspect they thought 
>I was the one
>
>that didn't know what I was talking about. Maybe I am from another 
>planet and just
>
>don't know it.
>
>Any input or comments on re-arching brake shoes would be appreciated.
>
>Jim G.