<VV> Brakes

[Louis Armer]

Scott and I have pulled the drums on the BEEF car and inspected the 
conditions in preparation for Roebling Road. On the rear shoes we / I 
have noticed the same wear pattern you refer to on your front brake 
shoes. We have not yet checked the front brakes.
I wonder if this is somehow related to the shoes failing to rest 
properly on the built-in "guides" on the backing plates. We are 
supposed to grease these each time the shoes are replaced and often 
there are ridges gouged into these "guides" from many many
linings being replaced without proper lubrication of this surface 
area. This could cause a "cocking" of the shoes each time the brakes 
are applied and the hotter the brakes became the more distortion or 
sticking of the shoes would occur. It is an easily overlooked or 
forgotten area of brake replacement when you are fooling with those 
damn new springy things and washers and star
adjusters ;-) ..................... What say you TLH ????

Chuck Armer aka FrontMan
WTBRT PR
BrakeLine WV
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At 07:51 PM 6/6/2009, you wrote:
>Well,
>Today I got in to the brake problem I had at Beaverun.
>As has been told the left front brake was dragging and destroyed the drum by
>over heating it. Also wrecked the loner drum from Chuck.
>The trailing brake shoe has worn down to the rivits from the inside edge
>toward the outside edge. It appears the shoe was cocking itself somehow. The
>outer edge looked fine but, when I got it off and cleaned it up it was
>obvious. The hold down springs were all in place. I don't have a clue as to
>what made it do that.
>Ya'll???
>
>Rick Norris
>#36 Sunoco Corvair
>www.corvairalley.com
>
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