Once the material has been removed, the contact patch will
larger(actually maximum size) , thusly it will wear more slowly.
You will have better brakes in the bargain. Mike At 10:10 PM 7/14/2008, William Huff wrote: Seems to me the material has to be removed from the ends of the shoes rather than the middle. If the shoes are too small, then removing material form the center would fit them, but the center of the shoe would be thinner and the smaller patch would wear out prematurely? Am I thinking about this correctly?Bill Huff At 7/15/200812:11 AM, Ron Waters wrote:OK, let's say I didn't contour grind the brake shoes to fit the drums. Would a few 'panic stops' be enough to contour the shoes to the drums ? How much material is actually removed from the center of the shoe to get it to conform to the drum ? Ron ************************************************************* To unsubscribe or set your subscription options, please go to http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=l-forwardlook&A=1************************************************************* To unsubscribe or set your subscription options, please go to http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=l-forwardlook&A=1 ************************************************************* To unsubscribe or set your subscription options, please go to http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=l-forwardlook&A=1
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