Brake issues

[Myron Piatek]

Over time, shoes develop a "glaze" which can reduce holding power. I touch them up a bit with sandpaper when I periodically swap the rear slicks. Personally, I think that rear brakes are more important to hold the car on the line, especially if the car has narrow front tires. If you can't harness the torque at the rear drive tires, it can slide the fronts.


There is also a trick that I've never tried. But I've heard that buying 2 sets of shoes and using the ones with more surface area on both sides of the brake assembly for more surface contact helps.