New Brake linings .... easy?
After the problems with the brake hoses and overheating brakes I decided to replace the brake linings. Now this used to be a standard process and the old hands at any garage will know how to do it, but won't have to tools any more. Now linings are generally bonded in place and sold as a unit on the shoes.
Old linings:
Not so the Iveco, it is riveted and linings can be purchased,
Iveco part numbers:
prices from Vexi (the rivets were stock clearance, normal price is 52p each!)
Where to go for the riveting? That proved harder than expected. Having agreed with a small Warwick company that they could do them and had the tools and decades of experience, they made a hash of it. So I cut off the rivets and sent the shoes to Digraph Ltd in Nuneaton, who in turn send them to a specialist in Rotherham.
Very pleased with the results:
I'd like to add an expert guide to refitting brake shoes, but from start to finish I found it difficult. Just a couple of tips:
Old linings:
Not so the Iveco, it is riveted and linings can be purchased,
Iveco part numbers:
- set of 4 linings 1906055 £113
- rivets 1118477 52 at 6p each
prices from Vexi (the rivets were stock clearance, normal price is 52p each!)
Where to go for the riveting? That proved harder than expected. Having agreed with a small Warwick company that they could do them and had the tools and decades of experience, they made a hash of it. So I cut off the rivets and sent the shoes to Digraph Ltd in Nuneaton, who in turn send them to a specialist in Rotherham.
Very pleased with the results:
I'd like to add an expert guide to refitting brake shoes, but from start to finish I found it difficult. Just a couple of tips:
- Brake shoe to backplate retaining springs: I used a 13mm socket on the end of a T-bar to compress and turn the springs.
- Big springs at the top: I used the pennies (well 18mm washers) trick to expand the spring. do You-tube search.
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