Brake Shoes

Donnie514 · Apr 10, 2020

Well in the OLD days a riveted set of Bendix was about the best you could buy. Nice firm pedal.
Bonded shoes were crap.
So tell me, can you still buy riveted shoes?
What is your thoughts riveted or bonded?

I have a spongy pedal. New bonded shoes. Soft, bad pedal.

toolmanmike · Apr 10, 2020

Bonded or riveted shouldn't make any difference in the pedal feel. The shoe material will though. There was a thread about riveted shoes here just the other day. Use search and I bet you can find it.

Murray · Apr 10, 2020

Yes- an old"wives tale" was that riveted shoes were better because they transferred heat better. Bendix riveted were supposed to be the best. Not true today. Just buy the best quality you can.

CUDA69 · Apr 10, 2020

Firm Feel has them with upgraded brake material.

brian6pac · Apr 10, 2020

Back in the day we would cam grind the shoe to match the drum diameter. It was the only way to get them to stop straight and have a firm pedal.

Murray · Apr 10, 2020

Another old-timer that remembers shoe "arcing".

Rob R · Apr 10, 2020

I had an ark grinder, you could buy 1st and 2nd oversize shoes also..as far as riveted and bonded shoes went the higher the friction material the more heat...so you needed rivets to hold the high friction material to the shoe because the bonding material could not take the heat...I sold american brakeblock and canadian brakeblock and Abex...the very best friction material was INR...for school bus and hi-perf...
Long time ago...