| you really should not turn them , even if scratched or grooved. . new or turned ones will scratch or groove anyway in a thousand miles . your existing shoes match that grooving now . ——unless you have a guy with rare correct machine to turn new shoes to match , you will suffer with many new frustrating brake problems . just mho. why do you want to turn them ? unless shoes are toast , leave it alone ? Those brakes went 50 k + in the day , rebuilding them for nothing brings in lots of problems , and as a classic car you are not generally going to go tens of thousands of miles. All brand new parts this problem happens ..... There is an excellent chrysler publication , about the “ new three platform brakes” may be on our web site. lots of info , maybe 50 pages . on internet . looking back 50 years now , the reputation for “ being difficult brakes” starts with drum turning , and then shoes do not fit right. They will Touch in one small spot for a very long time , as incorrect radius- and thus feel ineffective . fyi , John
-- Sent from my iPhone not by choice I am having the front brake drums turned from my 300C. For some reason nobodys brake drum-turning book goes back to 1957. Does anybody happen to know the maximum diameter of the front brake drum? Is the rear drum the same maximum diameter? Henry For archives go to http://www.forwardlook.net/300-archive/search.htm#querylang --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Chrysler 300 Club International" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to chrysler-300-club-international+unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/chrysler-300-club-international/001d01d77765%24ec8c7830%24c5a56890%24%40mindspring.com. For archives go to http://www.forwardlook.net/300-archive/search.htm#querylang --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Chrysler 300 Club International" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to chrysler-300-club-international+unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/chrysler-300-club-international/BB5F15B3-1FA6-40E0-984C-FBD5F502B311%40gradyresearch.com. |
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