Riveting Brake Lining

[rboltz]

My linings are fine but a local guy has '715 relining kits he want's to sell. It is the lining and the rivets only, no shoes. I thought I would get them for the future but not sure you can rivet the linings yourself without special tools (rivet press). Possibly still a good investment if they are taken to a brake shop? Not sure what it would cost to have brakes relined if you did not have the linings, as I have not seen any mention in the archives, so that may be the deciding factor. Anyone ever do a reline and what did it cost?

[Hetzer]

I think I bought linings from Memphis and tools from Aircraft Spruce and relined my own. Was not hard and tools weren't that much.

Total cost I do not recall.

[randyscycle]

It isn't hard to reline brake shoes at all, and you can get a hand riveter to do the rivets as well. Its just an anvil and punch arrangement that you can do with your vice.

Only one thing though: It is best to send them to a relining shop, only because after you reline them, they should be contour ground. What that does is makes the shoe linings a bit thinner at the ends than in the center, so that when they are applied, they will fit the drum better. The reason being, because the shoes don't expand in a perfect round shape, but sort of oblong as the wheel cylinder expands only the top. Replacement shoes are already usually done that way. Not a big deal and they will still work, but just not as efficiently.

[CrashMorriss]

Has anyone found a place that will do a semi-metallic relining?

[randyscycle]

Has anyone found a place that will do a semi-metallic relining?

Most relining shops can do it if you request metallic, but the only thing I'd be worried about is wearing the drums faster. Its hard to find decent drums anymore for the stock axles.

[CrashMorriss]

Good point

[george walker]

I got a relining set it came w shoes an rivets, I went to this site http://www.hansonrivet.com/w04a.htm
The rivet has a number on the head, it relates to size, looked up the rivet size, selected the die for it, a hand tool to hold the die(ht-100). If you call them they can help you figure it out. It was only like $15. plus shipping. I clamped a blunt punch in a vise an used it to back up the rivets an used the hand die w a hammer to roll them, it worked well an went fast.

[rboltz]

I clamped a blunt punch in a vise an used it to back up the rivets an used the hand die w a hammer to roll them, it worked well an went fast.

We did it exactly this way in my steel plant days, to reline crane and hoist brakes. They have shoes just like vehicles, except concave. I was not sure you could do vehicle lining this way.

[rboltz]

Found a truck service place near me that said they will put my linings on. I first took the old linings off the shoes and cleaned them. They put my NOS linings on in about 20 mins and charged me $20 for 8 shoes. They even painted the shoes. The rivets look just like the stock ones, nice and round where they peen them. So, for $45 total for lining kits and labor, I have all new linings.