Brake Linings
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2013 2:12 am
I recently did these. Went well. If anyone with a Major or New Major is looking for brakes, you'll probably know that almost all searches will turn up complete (and very expensive) shoes and every lining kit you'll find is for Super's and up or Dexta's etc.. This kit, http://www.ebay.ca/itm/261064589895?ssP ... 1497.l2649 is what I used and is made specifically for Major and New Major only..
My old shoes were bonded but surprisingly had the holes drilled in the shoe but not the old linings.. After removing the old 1/64" thICk linings and cleaning up the shoe surface, peening over the supplied copper rivets was pretty easy.. Holes in old shoes were a dead match for the new linings, tractor stops on a dime now (well, almost) and my engine hoist was able to deal with the filled tires.. Life is good!
Standard ''use your head warning"... Original shoes and possibly later replacements will be asbestos.. You simply can't mess with that stuff.. Wear a mask, do it outdoors and use plenty of water to wash things down and keep them wet as you work until nothing is left of the dust in the drum or any bits of old linings.. Do not sand (sharp chisel/tap hammer and take your time will peel them away from the shoe, and keep them wet), do not suck into a shop vac (eventually you will empty that bag) etc etc.. And all this from a guy that went to high school across from a Johns Manville Asbestos plant that put filters on the exhaust stacks the year I graduated
My old shoes were bonded but surprisingly had the holes drilled in the shoe but not the old linings.. After removing the old 1/64" thICk linings and cleaning up the shoe surface, peening over the supplied copper rivets was pretty easy.. Holes in old shoes were a dead match for the new linings, tractor stops on a dime now (well, almost) and my engine hoist was able to deal with the filled tires.. Life is good!
Standard ''use your head warning"... Original shoes and possibly later replacements will be asbestos.. You simply can't mess with that stuff.. Wear a mask, do it outdoors and use plenty of water to wash things down and keep them wet as you work until nothing is left of the dust in the drum or any bits of old linings.. Do not sand (sharp chisel/tap hammer and take your time will peel them away from the shoe, and keep them wet), do not suck into a shop vac (eventually you will empty that bag) etc etc.. And all this from a guy that went to high school across from a Johns Manville Asbestos plant that put filters on the exhaust stacks the year I graduated