Brakes. was <VV> Not really enjoying VV anymore? Vair technical content!

[Andy Clark]

Nope, not a shoe, but the '72 Jag spit out a front brake puck on the freeway
some years ago. Newish brakes, too. I'm sure my shorts were the same color
as yours afterward.

Andy Clark
Camano Island, WA.
1966 140/4 Monza Sedan
1966 140/4 Yenko Clone
1966 180/4 Cord 8/10 #60
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony Underwood" <tonyu at roava.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Not really enjoying VV anymore? Vair technical content!


> At 11:25 AM 4/17/2007, Ken Wildman wrote:
>
> >>Let's talk about Corvairs instead.
> >
> >
> >Big thumbs up!
> >Ken
>
> Good point.    Here's to it.
>
> Speaking of which:
>
big snip................................
> One shoe had no lining on it, trailing shoe, completely bald.   The
> lining was crumpled up and distributed around inside the drum/backing
> plate, and the wheel cylinder cup and piston to the  rear, the side
> that presses the trailing shoe, had popped out of the wheel
> cylinder.    One of the brake lining chunks had stuffed itself
> against the bald shoe and had stuck it "open" where it was grinding
> bigtime against the drum.
>
> I pressure washed it all, rebuilt the wheel cylinder, replaced the
> shoes, found a fresh drum, put it all back and all is well.    Brakes
> are back to like they were before the surprise adrenaline rush this
> morning.
>
> ONCE before about 15 years ago I saw a brake shoe that had parted
> company with its lining, but that was something on a car that had
> been sitting a very long time, went to redo brakes and the lining
> fell out of the drum when it was removed, left the bare shoe in place
> etc.   Just fell out, intact and complete, looked like it would work
> fine if it was just glued back on the shoe.    Never saw one do it
> before... now I've seen two.
>
> *This* lost lining on the '60 came off a shoe that was part of the
> brake overhaul the car got about two years ago and it was parked for
> the winter last year (well, in the Fall of 2005).      Not more than
> about 9000 miles on them, tops.    Chinese brake shoes or
> something...?  Or just a fluke?    Anyway, it's back together and
> doing well again.
>
> Anyone else have a shoe shed its lining?    A relatively fresh shoe
> and not something 20+ years old?
>
> tony..