Brakes

I took my brake shoes off and took them to a clutch & brake shop The guy ground the shoes clean and molded new linings to them.
$60.00 a axle and it stops better.
Check your area to see if ya'll have a shop like this.
Redneck1

Well I took the rear drivers side apart last night. I took the seal off the cylinder and it was full of rust ect. The pads were worn but not too wet. I ended up just replacing the cylinder for the time being. I figured if I had to replace the pads in 1-3 years I would just take it aprat again. Once I got all the right tools out it took me about 1.5 hours. I figure the other wont take that long now that I know what I am doing. The drum had some pretty good grooves in it. Maybe in a few years I will get the drums turned and replace the pads.

I ended up have to run out and buy a poor mans impact to get the 3 screw out of the drum. An impact that you wack with a hammer. Worked well. I could have beat on it all night with a screw driver and a hammer.

I will keep you posted. WIll try to get some pics too.

Thanks your help.

Chris

So I screwed up. I took apart and replaced 3 or the 4 cylinders. Got to the 4th and I was hot sweaty and grumpy. I pulled it off without marking the drum and axle to make sure I got it put back on correctly.

So i guessed. I drove the jeep around town and everything seemed fine. Drove it later that night and now the drum that I guessed on is catching when it goes around. The pads are touching the drum for about a 1/4 turn when I am not pressing on the brakes.

My thought. Either I turned the starwheel to much.
or
I put the drum on wrong and need to turn it a 1/3rd.

What are your guys thoughts?

If it is rubbing on only 1/4 of the turn I'd pull the drum & try the next set of holes.
Worst case you'll have to do it 2x, then you'll know it is right ;)

Where are yall getting new brake shoes? Guys at Red River Army Depot claim nobody makes these anymore and I am SOL? Memphis Equipment still have them or is it easy and cheap to get them redone at a brake shop?

Its been couple years, so I am not 100% sure, but I think I used M37 wheel cylinders. If that is correct, that would mean you can find the cylinders easier. There is a bigger aftermarket for m37 parts.

You can get shoes relined locally without much fuss...there are places to buy them too...Memphis Equipment and VPW come to mind...

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Originally Posted by brute4c

You can get shoes relined locally without much fuss...there are places to buy them too...Memphis Equipment and VPW come to mind...

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Shoes from AB Linn. Relining kits from FLMV