From: Bill (bill@welovenh.com)
Date: Sat Mar 27 2004 - 18:54:12 PST
Everette,
Is this the type of tool you are referring to....
http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v118/armyfiretruck/brakemachine/brakemachine1.jpg
http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v118/armyfiretruck/brakemachine/brakemachine4.jpg
More pics here
http://www.armyfiretrucks.com/brake_machine.htm
Never used it. I got it with the Military 125 Fire truck that I bought.
I need an operators/onwers manual.
Bill
everette wrote:
>yes it can be done... if you can find someone who has the machine to do this
>with, I was given a machine but have no linings or rivets
>
>I have been told that riveted shoes transmit heat away from drum better,
>that glue between lining and shoe does not transfer heat as well as rivets
>do.
>
>Hardest part is getting old linings off.
>
>I remember my father had one of these in the 50's -- also had a tool to
>measure the drum and spacers to put between linings and shoes to allow for
>what had been turned off drum surface. And dozens of boxes of lining
>material - all went to salvage years ago. along with dozens of boxes of
>rivets, you had to have many different ones - different lengths and
>diameters.
>
>Also had a machine to grind newly relined shoes to right shape.
>
>It was my job to punch old rivets out, there was a special punch to fit the
>shoe, not all holes are the same diameter. Line old shoe up with punch and
>stomp the pedal, if I stomped too hard I was accused of trying to break
>machine, if you do not stomp hard enough it will stick and then you are
>accused of trying to break punch.
>
>
>
>Everette
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Steve & Jeannie Keith" <cckw@comcast.net>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2004 7:25 AM
>Subject: [MV] Brake shoe relining
>
>
>Can brake shoes that have had bonded linings put on
>be relined with either new bonded linings or the original
>riveted linings? The shoes were originally riveted.
>
>Thanks
>Steve AKA Dr Deuce
>
>
>
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