Subject: RE: brake shoe materials and arcing
Author: Clifton L. Smith
Date: Oct 6, 2003, 7:02 AM
Post ID: 1714768017
Moto International offers brake shoes for the Guzzi drums. Is
there a reason not to use them? I was going to order some.
CS in TN
-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Giller [mailto:bgil-@mitre.org]
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 8:49 AM
To: loopframe
Subject: brake shoe materials and arcing
A friend had his '52 Triumph front shoes re-lined and arc'd in
the
Baltimore area for a very good price. I'm thinking of going up
there
(I'm in the DC metro area) to have the front shoes on my Eldo
done by them.
Also found this web page for clutch and brake rebuilders who
list by
state;http://www.reman.com/brakfram.htm
Bruce
'72 Eldo
> Regarding your Goose brakes needing relining, the company in
Baltimore I used
> and recommend is "Friction Materials, Inc.", phone numbers, 410
780-3720, 410
> 780-3721, and 800 543-4223. They were moving last week from
East Baltimore to
> a new location at 510 Orems Road in Essex, MD, a northeastern
suburb of
> Baltimore. The manager is a nice guy named Richard Shannon; the
woman who answers
> the phone is Gloria, and she struck me as pretty knowledgable
about brake and
> clutch linings. Apparently relining both clutches and brakes
are their main
> business. Feel free to use my name ("the guy who brought in the
old Triumph front
> brake").
>
> I took them my front brake backing plate with shoes attached
and the front
> wheel complete with tire. They removed the brake shoes,
stripped the old riveted
> linings, bonded on new linings, and 'radiused' the shoes to be
concentric
> with the drum. The total price was $25.20 including sales tax.
I dropped off the
> brake on a Thursday morning, and they called me early the next
day saying the
> job was done. Can't beat that for service!
>
> They told me they have a number of different lining materials
they can bond
> on brake shoes depending on what the customer wants. I've put
the front wheel
> back on but haven't ridden the bike yet to see how well it
grips, but just
> pushing it around the garage it sure feels a lot more 'grippy'
than it did.