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In this Discussion
- Birdman March 2008
- Hudson Dave March 2008
- hudsonguy March 2008
- mars55 March 2008
- Tom Drew March 2008
- tombia March 2008
- Uncle Josh March 2008
Brake Shoe Rivets
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I'm in the process of relining my original riveted front brake shoes, and had a few questions.
Where does one purchase the rivets? (and any tooling required)
Is there a particular procedure that works best (such as...start in the middle, at one end, etc.)?
As always, thanks for the help. -
Just happen to have a box full of NOS rivets. Let me know how many you need and I am sure we can work something out. Back in the days we would start at the center and work to the ends. Have fun finding the proper machine to install the rivets. The one I used was foot powered and you had to be very careful that you didn't over press the rivets and crack the shoe.
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I would think that you could modify a vice grip as it could be precisely controlled.
"Nothing is impossible for the person who doesn't have to do it himself" -
Hi Hudson Dave here . If you don,t find any thing, I have a rivet tool I might part with. I bought it a long time ago for a wall hanging . But it is all there . I think the instructions are still in It . thanks hudson Dave:eek:
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I learned much about making drum brakes work properly about 25 years ago when I took the shoes from my '48 Super Six to a truck brake shop in Cedar Rapids. They were the only shop I could find that would rivet new linings to my existing shoes. They turned the drums, riveted the new linings, and the most important part of all, ground the radius of the new linings to match the radius of the turned drums. After that, I couldn't believe how well the drum brakes worked. They explained to me that if you omit the step of fitting the shoes to the drums, you often get only about 50 percent contact between the shoe and the drum. My real world experience for what it's worth.
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Birdman,
I sent you a reply to your offer. I'd be interested in those rivets, if we can work something out. Thanks -
Tom Drew wrote:
HOW TRUE,HOW TRUE. What shop in CR did you take them to?I learned much about making drum brakes work properly about 25 years ago when I took the shoes from my '48 Super Six to a truck brake shop in Cedar Rapids. They were the only shop I could find that would rivet new linings to my existing shoes. They turned the drums, riveted the new linings, and the most important part of all, ground the radius of the new linings to match the radius of the turned drums. After that, I couldn't believe how well the drum brakes worked. They explained to me that if you omit the step of fitting the shoes to the drums, you often get only about 50 percent contact between the shoe and the drum. My real world experience for what it's worth.
Tom
