Re: [Amc-list] Thanks for the brake shoe info, ...

[Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Yeah, a guy I know welded a set up ground them smmooth, painted them up and everything.
Then he decided he was not going to use them and sold them!
Wouldn't you know it, not long after he got a car he could of used them on, boy did he kick himself for that!

I think he posts here?...

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Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrc II
" Chronic Pain Hurts"

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
> One other item to look for is extreme wear on the backing plates where the 
> shoes rub (three places each shoe). Slight grooves won't really hurt, but 
> on some cars they get deep enough that the shoes catch in them, and worse, 
> don't lay flat, and square to the drum, and drag, go 'crunch' and wear out 
> quickly.
> 
> THe fix is easy if you have a welder; just weld up the grooves and grind 
> flat. An angle grinder works with the plates still on the car.
> 
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