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Message started by georgekathe on 08/14/06 at 04:58:02

Title: Brake Shoes' Leading Edge
Post by georgekathe on 08/14/06 at 04:58:02

Hi -

Comes up every time I do a brake shoe change - I can never remember which is the leading edge.

The Clymers & other manuals I've read on other bikes over the years states that when fitting new shoes you file/chamfer off the leading edge so it does not grab/bind under braking.

All logical to me - but which is the leading edge?!

Let's say as you look at the brake shoes fitted back into their place on the backing plate - which edge to chamfer/file down - the "left or right" edge of each shoe?

Don't want to file off both edges to safeguard as I'll be in effect cutting down on my contact area a little.

If anyone could answer by 2:00 PM Mountain Time today (Monday 8/14) I'd be most grateful as want to do brake job this afternoon when off work (yeah, I know I left it until last minute to ask, but...don't we all do it sometimes?)

Thanks, an old hand @ brake shoe changes who just can't retain some of the basic rules over the years, George ???

Title: Re: Brake Shoes' Leading Edge
Post by Reelthing on 08/14/06 at 05:37:22

Using one of Greg's pictures from this post
http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?board=tech;action=display;num=1121446954;start=0#0

Believe this would be the leading edge - however the last EBC's I used already had it beveled - and likely the one on the right side of the picture is the only one to touch the drum surface

http://mccserv.com/savage/wheel02x.jpg

Title: Re: Brake Shoes' Leading Edge
Post by georgekathe on 08/14/06 at 08:17:52

thanks for speedy response, Gary & thanks for undertaking to send ss carb screws to me so quickly.

George :)

Title: Re: Brake Shoes' Leading Edge
Post by MotoBuddha on 07/23/11 at 04:54:21

It's no big deal to file down both ends of the shoes.

Title: Re: Brake Shoes' Leading Edge
Post by Oldfeller on 07/23/11 at 12:12:54

say the word shoes and you get a spam bot a peddling nikes ....

say the word "earl" and you gets another earl war ....

Ya gotta watch what your say on the internet, really !!

;D

Title: Re: Brake Shoes' Leading Edge
Post by drums1 on 07/24/11 at 06:06:15

I replaced my shoes this past winter with the EBC's. Seems to me both shoes had pre-beveled edges on both the leading and trailing edges. If not, a quick filing will do the trick.