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Porterfield will reline your brake shoes to whatever radius you tell them.
Sent from my mobile device=20
> On Mar 19, 2015, at 7:48 PM, Bill Tobin via Fot <fot@autox.team.net> wrote=
:
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> Hi Don, been there, done that with my TR6. The shoe linings are too bloody=
thick.
> You can turn the drums but why waste good material in the drums.
> I can't find anyone to cam grind the linings like shops used to do. Some c=
alled it arc grinding.
> One trick that Uncle Ted taught me: grind a small amount of material off t=
he metal brake shoe end where it contacts the wheel cylinder and the brake a=
djuster. (I'm not sure what your shoes look like; I'm assuming that they are=
similar to mine) This will bring the shoes slightly closer together.
> I've run into this problem with several different suppliers.
> Good luck, Bill
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Don Marshall via Fot
> To: Friends of Triumph
> Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2015 6:04 PM
> Subject: [Fot] TR3 10" brake question
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> My '57 TR3 (street car) has Girling 10" drums on the rear.=C3=82 The new s=
hoes I just got are too thick for the drums to fit over them.=C3=82 Based o=
n the TR3 shop manual I'm putting them on correctly.=C3=82 Has anyone else e=
xperienced this with new shoes?=C3=82 I guess I can either sand the shoes d=
own or have the drums turned enough to make them fit. This is a very low mil=
eage car so there's plenty of meat in the drums.=C3=82 If there's better an=
swer I'd like to know what it is.=C3=82 Thanks, Don=C3=82=20
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D=
utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div>Porterfield will reline your brake sho=
es to whatever radius you tell them.<br><br>Sent from my mobile device =
</div><div><br>On Mar 19, 2015, at 7:48 PM, Bill Tobin via Fot <<a href=3D=
"mailto:fot@autox.team.net";>fot@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><=
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<div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">Hi Don, been there, done that with my T=
R6. The shoe=20
linings are too bloody thick.</font></div>
<div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">You can turn the drums but why waste go=
od material=20
in the drums.</font></div>
<div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">I can't find anyone to cam grind the li=
nings like=20
shops used to do. Some called it arc grinding.</font></div>
<div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">One trick that Uncle Ted taught me: gri=
nd a small=20
amount of material off the metal brake shoe end where it contacts the wheel=20=
cylinder and the brake adjuster. (I'm not sure what your shoes look like; I'=
m=20
assuming that they are similar to mine) This will bring the shoes slightly=20=
closer together.</font></div>
<div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">I've run into this problem with several=
different=20
suppliers.</font></div>
<div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">Good luck, Bill</font></div>
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ING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<div style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </div>
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>From:</b>=20
<a title=3D"fot@autox.team.net" href=3D"mailto:fot@autox.team.net";>Don Mar=
shall via=20
Fot</a> </div>
<div style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a title=3D"FOT@autox.team.net"=
href=3D"mailto:FOT@autox.team.net";>Friends of Triumph</a> </div>
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PM</div>
<div style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> [Fot] TR3 10" brake=20
question</div>
<div><br></div>
<div dir=3D"ltr">My '57 TR3 (street car) has Girling 10" drums on the rear=
.=C3=82 =20
The new shoes I just got are too thick for the drums to fit over them.=C3=82=
=20
Based on the TR3 shop manual I'm putting them on correctly.=C3=82 Ha=
s anyone=20
else experienced this with new shoes?=C3=82 I guess I can either san=
d the=20
shoes down or have the drums turned enough to make them fit. This is a ver=
y=20
low mileage car so there's plenty of meat in the drums.=C3=82 If the=
re's=20
better answer I'd like to know what it is.=C3=82 Thanks, Don=C3=82&n=
bsp;</div>
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