[T2] Brake shoes

[c.dreike]

Was looking at the Bus Depot site for brake shoes. They claim to have 
Italian made shoes and that they are better than to others currently 
available. Anyone used those? What do you think of them?

Thanks,
Chris


On 5/15/2017 4:54 PM, c.dreike wrote:
> Hey List,
> I just replaced the brake shoes on my bus. Reason was that the old 
> ones just didn't seem to stop as well as I thought they should. They 
> look to be a semi-metalic composition. The new shoes are the same.
> I honed out all the wheel cylinders and also disassembled the master 
> cylinder, cleaned and reassembled. I replaced the right rear drum with 
> another that had been turned. I did a clean up on the left rear drum.  
> Front drums were already at max diameter so I sanded those to remove 
> the glaze. I also filled and flushed the system with fresh DOT4 fluid.
>
> The stopping power does not seem to be improved with the new shoes. 
> Also the parking brake really needs a hard pull to keep the bus from 
> rolling down my driveway. Not much friction being generated.
>
> In my quest I looked through my junk pile and found a set of front 
> shoes that are an asbestos grey and almost unused. Composition unknown.
>
> What type of brake shoes works best in our buses?
> What are all you folks using out there?
>
> Thanks,
> Chris
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