[TR] Fluif on the brake shoes!

[Ted Schumacher]

wbeech wrote:
> Pulled the rear drums last week on the '58 only to find the wheel cylinder
> had leaked just enough to soak the shoes, but not enough to show from an
> exterior inspection (Phil, remember the wheel that was locked up as we
> dragged it out of the barn last year?).   These are almost new shoes, albeit
> 15 years old, and I really don't want to spend the $170 for a new set.  I
> have heard everything from soaking them in gas and lighting them on fire to
> heating them with a torch to simply buying a can of Brake Clear at the
> FLAPS.  
>   
> What is the collective wisdom of the list on this point?  Are they ruined,
> never to be saved?  These are riveted shoes, 10", can someone re-line the
> set at a reasonable cost?
>
> Thanks in advance...
>
> Mounting the engine this weekend, body will be ready for its first fitting
> in two weeks!  Maybe a shakedown cruise before winter!!
>
> Bill B
> '58 TR-3A TS/30766 L
> '59 TR-3A TS/64974 LO
> "A Triumph is man's best friend, it always comes when it is called...of
> course, some times it is difficult to make it go"
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We relinewith Kevlar - $60/axle set. Ted

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