I have had brakes that I had to bevel the first 1/2" or so of each end of the shoes, sometimes the brake dust/rust causes them to stick, I used to work in alaska and where I was the atmosphere just dissolved equipment, and we had a lot of trouble with brakes, just cleaned them up really well with brakleen, and they were good for another 3 months, we also converted to silicone brake fluid, as it doesn't absorb water, there was no more rusty brake cylinders
Last edited by brokenhead; 01/30/2011 12:27 PM.