<VV> Brake Shoes Material length

FrankDuVal corvairduval at cox.net
Sun Feb 2 22:11:57 EST 2020


Right just use them as is.

If something does not feel right later, you can use Ken Hand's 
instructions to cut the primary shoes short.

Here:

http://corvaircenter.com/phorum/read.php?1,959121


Frank DuVal



Just opened a box of shoes from our beloved MA vendor.  They are for a 1961

>> I'm doing.  Surprise, the shoes are the same length!  Even the shop 
>> manual
>> for that year shows two different lengths, one for the primary shoe 
>> and the
>> other for the secondary. Is there something I don't know about 1961 
>> shoes
>> other than the caution in the catalog that they are thicker in the 
>> pin area.
>>
>>
>> Bonded linings?  Just cut the excess material off  with your die 
>> grinder..
>
>
> Or just not worry over it and use the shoes as-is, won't really bother 
> anything other than the back shoe wearing more than the front shoe 
> which won't mean anything since the front shoe will end up lasting 
> longer than the regular shorter one.  Or something.
>
>
> tony..


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