55 Imperial

["Kerry Pinkerton" <pinkertonk@xxxxxxxxx>]

Don't know if your 55 is like the 57 but I had a problem with the 57 shoes and had to grind off a tab on the new shoes so they would go in far enough to get the drums on.  There are photos of the Raybestoes shoes and the tab in my 57 saga:

 

http://dte.net/57imperial

 

Don't remember which chapter it's in.

 

KerryP
Patch panels fabricated
Pinkertonk@xxxxxxxxx
dte.net/57imperial
Imperials -- 50 Limo, 57 roadster, 61's, 64, 68 Convert, 73, a 66 300 and a bunch of lesser marques

----- Original Message -----

From: Ted Blackington

To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 8:28 PM

Subject: IML: 55 Imperial

After scanning replies to my problem getting the new shoes to fit inside the front drums on my 55 I could find no instance of anyone else having this problem. I can only assume my new shoes were too thick in the backing material, and only after sanding them down would they fit. The anchor cams were adjusted to every possible position in an attempt to get them to fit with no success. Which leads me to another question-what SHOULD be the thickness of the material on a new shoe?? The shop manual does not include this information. If I had possessed this I would have known from the start the shoes were not correctly lined, despite what the seller claimed. Is there a source for this, other than the re-liner's specs??

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