Having them relined is always the best way to go...depending on your local 'Friction Mat'ls' dealer. A good firm will offer a 'best' grade of lining material, and re-rivet the fitted linings to your shoes. An excellent firm will arc the shoes to fit your freshly turned drums. (the arcing machines are hard to find lately, as the 'Agency' has done green miracles in protecting us from ourselves)
I have had bad expiriences with Rockauto won't buy from them again.. 3 weeks to get a brake hose .. come on.... I ordered a set of front shoes from Andy Berbaum..
all the napas up north here are now nothing more than a glorified pep boys , there quality and selection has slipped big time by having to compete with the junk parts sellers ( autocrap . dok boys . backwords auto ) , mine I cannot get lines I used to get . my Carquest dealer now is my pre 70 car parts guy .
Hmmmm. I've always had good luck with Rock Auto. One benefit of buying from them is that when they know what kind of cars you have, the send you notices of closeouts from time to time. I've gotten a lot of Sealed Power flathead valve train components from them as well as a bunch of other miscellaneous parts (points, condensers, seals, bearings, etc., all American brands) Prices are usually at 15% to 30% of retail. Last month I bought 6 Purolater premium oil filter cartridges for my OT '67 Corvette for $1.91 each.
one thing with RA I check for the shipping notice or tracking number , if I do not get it ( notice) in one day, I call ( excluding sat/sun) . as I have ordered and the order was sent to the warehouse but the warehouse that it shipped from lost it or misplaced it . they are very good at trying to keep you happy . I have had 13" truck brake drums get lost by fed ex ( how do you loose a set of 50 pound ea drums ??) after not showing in the 1 week , they shipped another set asap with a return tag if the others showed up . they found them later in the week as the trailer they were on was in a accident and somehow they didn't notify RA of it .
brake issue is SOLVED ! You would not believe it something simple as brake shoes ... the oil satuarated in the shoes was the problem all the long .. hanging up , dragging and pulling side to side . installed the new shoes and NO more problems . wow ! still can't believe it.
fluid soaked shoes will swell or destroy the binder and make them grabby or in some cases not grab at all . even trying to burn the stuff off doesn't work once they are contaminated there done .
In some cases, you can soak the shoes in alcohol and they will come clean. I have NEVER had any problems with any brake shoes after doing that. I know there will be poopoos all over this statement, but as a brake mechanic, I can tell you that it works very well.
my neighbor told me to take a 1500 watt hot air hair dryer to them it works he says.. don't know.. we are going to try it on one of my old shoes.
You're kidding, right? You were told that information about the oil soaked lining. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/wheel-cyl-bleeder-wont-bleed.946764/#post-10651621 You and the neighbor can use the hair dryer, and if it works, all brake shops should add hair dryers to their list of essential tools.
yep .......... that is what he told me and he was a city garage worked all his life .. he's about eighty years old now and probally does not have his thought quite right.......... you know what I mean.. he means well.
if you went to Bendix brake school they will tell you to pitch the pads or shoes . you never use anything that can compromise the Resin binders. . brake shoes are cheap hospital /legal bills are expensive ..and as a professional mechanic you never compromise the customers safety over money ..
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