I used to sell brake lathes and shoe arcers to shops in California but the arcers were either regulated out of existance or outlawed altogether because of the asbestos dust danger, I'm not sure if the dust from organic linings are hazardous but any shoe arcers I see in shops these days have the cords cut off of them. John ----- Original Message ----- From: <LARSPAINTR@xxxxxxx> To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2000 9:19 AM Subject: [FWDLK] more grinding linings to drums > Sorry for 2nd post but > If I remember right, the idea was to match the lining dia to the drum dia. > This is esp true of the drums have been turned one or 2 or so times. > What U have then is a lining with one radius and a drum with the other. > These two will always be a poor fit UNLESS > one has a drum mike and measures the ID of the drum and has the linings > ground to the appropriate radius on a brake grinder. > I think my local old car parts store when it sells linings for old iron sells > oversized linings, that is, a larger diamater than for a 'new' car. That way > they are at least 'close' but of course not as fine as if you miked em and > ground the linings. > > Lars
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