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John Rigbyj
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, November 09, 2004 - 7:29 pm: | |
Has anyone had to clean glazed over brake shoes and drums. What did you use ? How did you do it and did it work.
Thanks
John |
Gary McFarland (Gearheadgary)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, November 09, 2004 - 7:48 pm: | |
Sandpaper.
Worked fine.
Wear a mask.
gary |
Tom Caffrey (Pvcces)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, November 09, 2004 - 11:38 pm: | |
Add to above; be cautious on your first few stops.
Tom Caffrey PD4106-2576
Suncatcher |
John Rigbyj
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, November 10, 2004 - 7:41 am: | |
Tom,
Please expand on your info.Why what am I avoiding thank You.
John |
Marc Bourget
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, November 10, 2004 - 3:31 pm: | |
We used to "bed in" new brakes by three successive stops from 60 in quick succession.
The idea is to heat cycle the linings. On resurfaced linings, depending on the diligence of the resurfacer, they may no match the drum radius and Tom's advising caution till you know how they'll perform.
Onward and Upward |
Tom Caffrey (Pvcces)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, November 11, 2004 - 12:13 am: | |
John, the first stop or two will take quite a bit of air pressure. Then the pedal effort will drop off.
Sanding works well; it just takes a few stops to get the surfaces polished again.
For what it's worth.
Tom Caffrey PD4106-2576
Suncatcher |
Buswarrior (Buswarrior)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, November 13, 2004 - 1:58 am: | |
Hello friends.
Please be very careful about what we're doing here!
If you have the drums off, and think your shoes are glazed, it isn't hard to remove a shoe and go shopping for advice as to the condition of that shoe.
Problem is: the advice you get might be/probably is flawed.
There are some glazed conditions which demand a replacement of the lining material, others, they are in perfect shape and require no attention at all. Believe me when I say: the average mechanic has no idea of the difference.
(Don't let yourself be fooled, sandpaper doesn't fix anything to do with linings)
It sure would be nice to collect a digital picture collection of the differences that matter.
And Ian would host the pictures in an instant, if we capture the truth.
How about it, fellows and ladies? Those with accesss to the right stuff, get the good pics, we'll get a brake manufacturer to help us, so Ian doesn't get in trouble.
And we'll be a resource for the rest of the world, never mind busnuts!
happy coaching!
buswarrior |
Tom Caffrey (Pvcces)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, November 13, 2004 - 9:03 pm: | |
Thanks for the warning, Buswarrior. I will be watching for any news on this subject, and will contribute if I turn up a good source of information.
Tom Caffrey PD4106-2576
Suncatcher |
John Rigbyj
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, November 14, 2004 - 1:51 pm: | |
Thanks you guys for the input. I also checked with two leading brake specialists in Houston They all advised going with sand paper on the drum and shoes. They are faced with this day in and day out. They should know.
John |