<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpf23cf0b3yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div id="ydpf23cf0b3yiv1866448034"><div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf23cf0b3yiv1866448034AppleMailSignature"></div><div dir="ltr">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.</div><div dir="ltr"></div></div></div></div><div id="yiv1866448034yqtfd12345" class="yiv1866448034yqt2487667837"><br clear="none"><blockquote type="cite">On Feb 23, 2026, at 2:07 PM, tigers-request@autox.team.net wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></blockquote></div><div id="yiv1866448034yqtfd59492" class="yiv1866448034yqt2487667837"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>Send Tigers mailing list submissions to</span><br clear="none"><span> tigers@autox.team.net</span><br clear="none"><span></span><br clear="none"><span>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit</span><br clear="none"><span> http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/tigers</span><br clear="none"><span>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to</span><br clear="none"><span> tigers-request@autox.team.net</span><br clear="none"><span></span><br clear="none"><span>You can reach the person managing the list at</span><br clear="none"><span> tigers-owner@autox.team.net</span><br clear="none"><span></span><br clear="none"><span>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific</span><br clear="none"><span>than "Re: Contents of Tigers digest..."</span><br clear="none"><span></span><br clear="none"><span></span><br clear="none"><span>Today's Topics:</span><br clear="none"><span></span><br clear="none"><span> 1. Re: Brake shoe hold down pins and spring clips (Stu)</span><br clear="none"><span></span><br clear="none"><span></span><br clear="none"><span>----------------------------------------------------------------------</span><br clear="none"><span></span><br clear="none"><span>Message: 1</span><br clear="none"><span>Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:03:34 -0500</span><br clear="none"><span>From: Stu <sabre2tgr@gmail.com></span><br clear="none"><span>To: modtiger@comcast.net</span><br clear="none"><span>Cc: tigers@autox.team.net, "Rob Guerra (S9)" <tiger351w@mac.com></span><br clear="none"><span>Subject: Re: [Tigers] Brake shoe hold down pins and spring clips</span><br clear="none"><span>Message-ID:</span><br clear="none"><span> <CA+DpG66VqzQ+NU4EMvFfW6e4zk7PP2U8F4hotuuyOakg1Z+vqA@mail.gmail.com></span><br clear="none"><span>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"</span><br clear="none"><span></span><br clear="none"><span>Hi guys, Thanks for the suggestions. I decided to do the new brake shoes</span><br clear="none"><span>this winter, replacing what I think are the originals. I got the car when</span><br clear="none"><span>it was 10 years old and haven't changed them. And even though the</span><br clear="none"><span>springs, pins and clips that I have are OK, I was hoping to renew</span><br clear="none"><span>everything, The shoes are in the mail, and the springs are supposed to be</span><br clear="none"><span>available soon. And yes, I saw that a couple UK sources claim to have</span><br clear="none"><span>them. Are there any issues ordering from them? And I was considering the</span><br clear="none"><span>hardware store solution as well.</span><br clear="none"><span></span><br clear="none"><span>Thanks again.</span><br clear="none"><span></span><br clear="none"><span>On Sat, Feb 21, 2026 at 6:14?PM Tom Hall <modtiger@comcast.net> wrote:</span><br clear="none"><span></span><br clear="none"><blockquote type="cite"><span>On 2/21/2026 1:53 PM, Stu wrote:</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>SS is out of stock on these, and not sure when and if they could get</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>more.. Are there any equivalent parts from our British cousins that will</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>fit and are available?</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Stu</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Back in 2009 at SUNI in South Dakota my son-in-law, Rob Guerra, had this</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>problem with missing these parts after he lost a wheel. We went to the</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>local hardware store and bought some steel Pan or Binding head screws (they</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>have larger heads) in an 8-32 size if I remember correctly. Also got some</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>similiar springs and some different sized washers which we super-glued</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>together to simulate the OEM dished washers. Also some Nylock nuts to hold</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>everything together. This repair lasted several years until we replaced</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>the OEM drum system with my Wilwood based drum-disk kit. You just have to</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>be creative. And yes there are several OEM replacements but I'd try my</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>nearest NAPA store.</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>--</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Tom Hall</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>ModTiger Engineering LLC</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>5712 San Luis Court</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Pleasanton, CA 94566</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>(925)462-3876modtiger@comcast.nethttp://tigerengineering.net/</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br clear="none"></blockquote><span>-------------- next part --------------</span><br clear="none"><span>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...</span><br clear="none"><span>URL: <http://autox.team.net/pipermail/tigers/attachments/20260222/5e51f09f/attachment-0001.htm></span><br clear="none"><span></span><br clear="none"><span>------------------------------</span><br clear="none"><span></span><br clear="none"><span>Subject: Digest Footer</span><br clear="none"><span></span><br clear="none"><span>_______________________________________________</span><br clear="none"><span>Tigers mailing list</span><br clear="none"><span>Tigers@autox.team.net</span><br clear="none"><span>http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/tigers</span><br clear="none"><span></span><br clear="none"><span>Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html</span><br clear="none"><span>Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/tigers http://autox.team.net/archive</span><br clear="none"><span></span><br clear="none"><span></span><br clear="none"><span>------------------------------</span><br clear="none"><span></span><br clear="none"><span>End of Tigers Digest, Vol 19, Issue 11</span><br clear="none"><span>**************************************</span><br clear="none"></div></blockquote></div></body></html>