Replacement Rear Brake Shoes - 1975 bus
- BellePlaine
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Replacement Rear Brake Shoes - 1975 bus
The current rear brake shoes on my 1975 bus look just like these.
They are riveted. The trailing shoe has got less surface area of pad as compared to the leading shoe. And the trailing shoe also has an arm attached to it which the parking/emergency brake cable attaches. Not understanding this set up until today, I previously purchased these shoes which seemingly are advertised to fit my bus but are clearly different, especially because they are lacking the parking brake lever. I guess we are to save our parking brake levers for future service. German Supply sells a replacement pin for the second life.
http://www.germansupply.com/home/custom ... at=&page=1
They are riveted. The trailing shoe has got less surface area of pad as compared to the leading shoe. And the trailing shoe also has an arm attached to it which the parking/emergency brake cable attaches. Not understanding this set up until today, I previously purchased these shoes which seemingly are advertised to fit my bus but are clearly different, especially because they are lacking the parking brake lever. I guess we are to save our parking brake levers for future service. German Supply sells a replacement pin for the second life.
http://www.germansupply.com/home/custom ... at=&page=1
1975 Riviera we call "Spider-Man"
- Amskeptic
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Re: Replacement Rear Brake Shoes - 1975 bus
Replacement shoes do not necessarily follow the look of the originals with their leading/trailing lining length differences. Since forever we have had to remove the emergency brake levers/pins/horseshoe retainers. I vaguely remember some early sets of Road Warrior shoes that had the levers already installed, but you can be pretty sure that in today's world, they will not provide any more parts than the bare minimum.BellePlaine wrote: I guess we are to save our parking brake levers for future service. German Supply sells a replacement pin for the second life.
http://www.germansupply.com/home/custom ... at=&page=1
Colin
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
- ruckman101
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Re: Replacement Rear Brake Shoes - 1975 bus
Indeed I can vouch for that. Neither replacement shoes I recently purchased for bus and ghia had the emergency brake lever assembly included, and neither were riveted. Better glues I'm assuming.
neal
neal
The slipper has no teeth.
- BellePlaine
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Re: Replacement Rear Brake Shoes - 1975 bus
Regarding the emergency brake lever, in my opinion, it's a stupid little secret that the brake shoes are not ready to bolt on straight out of the box. How sweet it would have been to know before my mail-ordered parts shipped that the job required new emergency brake lever mounting pins. I see that GermanSupply explains this, but Bentley does not and neither did TheBusDepot.ruckman101 wrote:Indeed I can vouch for that. Neither replacement shoes I recently purchased for bus and ghia had the emergency brake lever assembly included, and neither were riveted. Better glues I'm assuming.
neal
Inexperienced and still a bit pissed.
1975 Riviera we call "Spider-Man"
- Amskeptic
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Re: Replacement Rear Brake Shoes - 1975 bus
Breathe in. Exhale. Earlier shoes did supply a pin for the emergency brake levers, but not those horseshoe retainers. We are adrift in aftermarket now. Gotta think on our feet now.BellePlaine wrote:Regarding the emergency brake lever, in my opinion, it's a stupid little secret that the brake shoes are not ready to bolt on straight out of the box. How sweet it would have been to know before my mail-ordered parts shipped that the job required new emergency brake lever mounting pins. I see that GermanSupply explains this, but Bentley does not and neither did TheBusDepot.ruckman101 wrote:Indeed I can vouch for that. Neither replacement shoes I recently purchased for bus and ghia had the emergency brake lever assembly included, and neither were riveted. Better glues I'm assuming.
neal
Inexperienced and still a bit pissed.
Colin
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
- JLT
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Re: Replacement Rear Brake Shoes - 1975 bus
Or at least on our shoes.Amskeptic wrote: Gotta think on our feet now.
Colin
-- JLT
Sacramento CA
Present bus: '71 Dormobile Westie "George"
(sometimes towing a '65 Allstate single-wheel trailer)
Former buses: '61 17-window Deluxe "Pink Bus"
'70 Frankenwestie "Blunder Bus"
'71 Frankenwestie "Thunder Bus"
Sacramento CA
Present bus: '71 Dormobile Westie "George"
(sometimes towing a '65 Allstate single-wheel trailer)
Former buses: '61 17-window Deluxe "Pink Bus"
'70 Frankenwestie "Blunder Bus"
'71 Frankenwestie "Thunder Bus"
- dingo
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Re: Replacement Rear Brake Shoes - 1975 bus
Amskeptic wrote:
Gotta think on our feet now.
Colin
Or at least on our shoes.
=D>
'71 Kombi, 1600 dp
';78 Tranzporter 2L
" Fill what's empty, empty what's full, and scratch where it itches."
';78 Tranzporter 2L
" Fill what's empty, empty what's full, and scratch where it itches."
- ruckman101
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Re: Replacement Rear Brake Shoes - 1975 bus
I just put the old emergency brake levers onto the new shoes. A bit of a pita, but doable.
neal
neal
The slipper has no teeth.