What type shoes to put on a 63

[Joe L.]

Re: What type shoes to put on a 63

Thanks for posting John! I had forgotten about these things. We had two as I recall, one in engineering lab and another on the floor near the clutch facing burst tester. The asbestos was really bad. The fiber floated in the air around the plant everywhere. It settled in our clothes, mouth, and nose. My desk was in a relatively clean office behind a door at the end of the plant and the desk top and even inside the filing cabinets had asbestos dust all over. My white lab coat was gray and black every day. I threw one of my spec books away years ago due to so much asbestos in it. I attended OSHA sponsored classes weekly along with folks from the nearby GM plant. Those were the "Good old days". Steve

Steve and John------


They could bring back the machines now; brake linings no longer contain asbestos. Of course, the paucity of drum brake installations these days might make it infeasible.

[Frank D.]

Re: What type shoes to put on a 63

Yeah and having one of the "old school" adjustment tools for initial setup is nice too...I snagged one from a retiring mechanic.

[Christopher R.]

Re: What type shoes to put on a 63

Regarding arc grinding:

1. Do new shoes and new drums require arc grinding? Or, are their arcs the same out of the box?

2. If I do not arc grind shoes to the drums, how many miles of driving around town will it take for the arc of the shoe to match that of the drum?

It's not likely I'm going to find a shop to arc grind my shoes when I do my next brake job. Wondering what my options are.

[Jim L.]

Re: What type shoes to put on a 63

My experience has been that new shoes and new drums match with no grinding. And, actually, it wouldn't make sense for them not to match since the machinery to do a custom fit isn't available any longer.