Re: Brake pulling issue

Posted by Packard Don On 2021/7/20 18:04:44

I didn’t know that asbestos was still being used but too hard of shoes isn’t good either. Whenever I have shoes reclined, I always specify soft linings as I would rather wear out the shoes than wearing out the drums with hard lining.

As an anecdote to that, one time in my 6200 lbs 1952 Henney-Packard Nu-3-Way hearse with fresh brakes (huge 14” rears; wide 12” fronts), I was trying to go up a short but steep mountain road with a load of parts (Packard parts, not people parts) in the back but not only didn’t have the power with the non-overdrive rear end but the brakes, which were power, couldn’t stop the car from going backwards! It was rather scary but once back to the bottom and just before it turned, I managed to stop, then made a run for it and got out but as soon as I could I put in softer shoe linings.