[Tigers] Tigers Digest, Vol 19, Issue 11

[George Matthis]

If I'm not mistaken, Ford Capri (can't remember if MkI or MkII) pins, funny washers and clips are about the same size.  They may not be any easier to find, though.

On Feb 23, 2026, at 2:07 PM, tigers-request at autox.team.net wrote:



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Today's Topics:

   1. Re: Brake shoe hold down pins and spring clips (Stu)


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Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:03:34 -0500
From: Stu <sabre2tgr at gmail.com>
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Cc: tigers at autox.team.net, "Rob Guerra (S9)" <tiger351w at mac.com>
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Brake shoe hold down pins and spring clips
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Hi guys, Thanks for the suggestions.  I decided to do the new brake shoes
this winter, replacing what I think are the originals.  I got the car when
it was 10 years old and haven't changed them.    And even though the
springs, pins and clips that I have are OK, I was hoping to renew
everything,  The shoes are in the mail, and the springs are supposed to be
available soon.  And yes, I saw that a couple UK sources claim to have
them.  Are there any issues ordering from them?  And I was considering the
hardware store solution as well.

Thanks again.

On Sat, Feb 21, 2026 at 6:14?PM Tom Hall <modtiger at comcast.net> wrote:


On 2/21/2026 1:53 PM, Stu wrote:





SS is out of stock on these, and not sure when and if they could get


more..  Are there any equivalent parts from our British cousins that will


fit and are available?





Stu





Back in 2009 at SUNI in South Dakota my son-in-law, Rob Guerra, had this


problem with missing these parts after he lost a wheel.  We went to the


local hardware store and bought some steel Pan or Binding head screws (they


have larger heads) in an 8-32 size if I remember correctly.  Also got some


similiar springs and some different sized washers which we super-glued


together to simulate the OEM dished washers.  Also some Nylock nuts to hold


everything together.  This repair lasted several years until we replaced


the OEM drum system with my Wilwood based drum-disk kit. You just have to


be creative.  And yes there are several OEM replacements but I'd try my


nearest NAPA store.





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Tom Hall


ModTiger Engineering LLC


5712 San Luis Court


Pleasanton, CA 94566


(925)462-3876modtiger at comcast.nethttp://tigerengineering.net/







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