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[Cater_Racer]

When replacing rear shoes, how relevant is the position of leading edges?

I've always been used to putting shoes on so that the longer area not covered in friction material is leading the shoe (from the direction of forward motion).

So that the shoe is always such that the edge where the friction material goes right up to the end of the shoe is the trailing edge.

So today when changing the shoes I noticed that the previous installer (not me) has not bothered to adopt this standard.

Could that cause brake squeal? I was suffering from....

Is it even important theses days of bonded friction materials??

Interested to know what people think.

[lrostoke]

I do mine like this



I also make sure I have a little chamfer sanded into both ends of the friction material. I remember years back I had a problem with brake pulling themselves on . on my Landrover and making the chamfer cured it, put it down to the square edge of the material catching against the drum.

[Cater_Racer]

I do mine like this



I also make sure I have a little chamfer sanded into both ends of the friction material. I remember years back I had a problem with brake pulling themselves on . on my Landrover and making the chamfer cured it, put it down to the square edge of the material catching against the drum.

Thanks Steve, that's how I understand it. Gerry

[bmcecosse]

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