Brake Shoe Rivets

hudsonguy

I'm in the process of relining my original riveted front brake shoes, and had a few questions.



Where does one purchase the rivets? (and any tooling required)



Is there a particular procedure that works best (such as...start in the middle, at one end, etc.)?



As always, thanks for the help.

[Deleted User]

Just happen to have a box full of NOS rivets. Let me know how many you need and I am sure we can work something out. Back in the days we would start at the center and work to the ends. Have fun finding the proper machine to install the rivets. The one I used was foot powered and you had to be very careful that you didn't over press the rivets and crack the shoe.

Uncle Josh

I would think that you could modify a vice grip as it could be precisely controlled.



"Nothing is impossible for the person who doesn't have to do it himself"

[Deleted User]

Hi Hudson Dave here . If you don,t find any thing, I have a rivet tool I might part with. I bought it a long time ago for a wall hanging . But it is all there . I think the instructions are still in It . thanks hudson Dave:eek:

[Deleted User]

I learned much about making drum brakes work properly about 25 years ago when I took the shoes from my '48 Super Six to a truck brake shop in Cedar Rapids. They were the only shop I could find that would rivet new linings to my existing shoes. They turned the drums, riveted the new linings, and the most important part of all, ground the radius of the new linings to match the radius of the turned drums. After that, I couldn't believe how well the drum brakes worked. They explained to me that if you omit the step of fitting the shoes to the drums, you often get only about 50 percent contact between the shoe and the drum. My real world experience for what it's worth.



Tom

mars55

These people offer brake shoe rivets.



http://www.hansonrivet.com/w04a.htm

hudsonguy

Birdman,



I sent you a reply to your offer. I'd be interested in those rivets, if we can work something out. Thanks

Unknown

Tom Drew wrote:

I learned much about making drum brakes work properly about 25 years ago when I took the shoes from my '48 Super Six to a truck brake shop in Cedar Rapids. They were the only shop I could find that would rivet new linings to my existing shoes. They turned the drums, riveted the new linings, and the most important part of all, ground the radius of the new linings to match the radius of the turned drums. After that, I couldn't believe how well the drum brakes worked. They explained to me that if you omit the step of fitting the shoes to the drums, you often get only about 50 percent contact between the shoe and the drum. My real world experience for what it's worth.



Tom

HOW TRUE,HOW TRUE. What shop in CR did you take them to?