Odd Brake Shoe Failure. Any Ideas?
Since I'm retired, I like to keep busy and help family and friends with RV maintenance items from time to time. This time, I volunteered to inspect the brakes on my son's 12 year old pop up and repac...
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Ozlander wrote:time2roll wrote:
Typical of bonded shoes. Run them another 12 years.
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And check them again in 6 years.
I agree with this but maybe inspect again in 1 year. Seen it many times. (not the second picture with lining material missing) If cracks bother you and it gives you piece of mind, you can have a brake shoe rebuilding shop (usually a facility that caters to trucks) make a set of rivited shoes for you. That's the old school way. Or just replace with new bonded shoes.
If there are portions of the shoe with unbonded/missing lining, then replace the shoes.
Chum lee
