Drum brake pads - Page 2

SSDiv6 · 06-02-2017, 12:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Everett Vassar

I know I didn't dream this. ...but I had a racer once tell me he was using forklift brake shoes on one of his cars.

Not forklift brake shoes, forklift brake linings.
If you can find a brake shoe rebuilder, they can put the same lining as used in forklift brake shoes. The lining is made of a Woven compound that has an aggressive friction coefficient.

Jeff Stout · 06-02-2017, 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Everett Vassar

I know I didn't dream this. ...but I had a racer once tell me he was using forklift brake shoes on one of his cars.

I wasn't going to bring this up as I thought I was crazy, but here in Phx we have a shop that does clutch and brake linings and years ago they told me the same thing about forklift lining.

Jeff Niceswanger · 06-02-2017, 08:46 AM

Being as I was a Forklift mechanic for 33 years, I can tell you all that your correct . We did have our shoes relined. The material was almost like hard cardboard . Made ALOT of dust. In the 70's they were riveted, but in the later years we bought them off of Yale and Hyster and they were glued. They work much much better after a few good heat cycles ...

06-02-2017, 08:46 AM	#13
Jeff Niceswanger Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 894 Likes: 685 Liked 1,032 Times in 368 Posts	Re: Drum brake pads Being as I was a Forklift mechanic for 33 years, I can tell you all that your correct . We did have our shoes relined. The material was almost like hard cardboard . Made ALOT of dust. In the 70's they were riveted, but in the later years we bought them off of Yale and Hyster and they were glued. They work much much better after a few good heat cycles ... __________________ Jeff Niceswanger 3740 SS