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Anyone have experience with bonded brake shoes failing/cracking ?
With just a few thousand miles of normal braking, I discovered the front shoes on my 52 were cracking all over. These are bonded (glued) shoes. I don't remember having this happen with the ol' riveted shoes.
Thanks!
Russ

Never had a problem with new bonded linings. I have see bonded linings that were on vehicles for years break down and linings come loose. If these are newly purchased they should swap them for a new set

Russ,

Lining failure wouldn't seem like it would be a result of the type of attachment to me, unless you mean it is breaking apart or sloughing off the brake shoe proper.

There are probably many different grades (quality) of brake shoes. Could China have a finger in the brake shoe pie and you are seeing the resulting inferior quality?

Stuart

better return them asap! sounds like they are defective to me. what is the chinese translation for junk? WALMART!

Ususally cracking is a result of too much heat. Perhaps the adjustment was a little too tight?

I've seen the entire lining fall off, but the shoes were over 25 years old.

I've see really, really worn riveted lining shoes crack around the rivets, but again, they were over 25 years old.

I'd replace them and see if I could get a refund.

These are new bonded shoes with only a few thousand miles. The adjustment was correct.
Looking at other vehicle forums I found that some people have had these bonded shoes actually lose chunks of lining and cause the kind of problems you might imagine.....
Riveted seems the way to go to prevent this. When there is a multible choice for sets of linings....the riveted ones are always "the pro choice" or more expensive but not much. The bus mechanics where I work aren't allowed to use the glued shoes...only riveted. Kinda makes sense.
Thanks for the replys.

The main ting is to buy the better shoes. I made the mistake of buying some AutoZone pieces of junk and had the linings coming off the shoes in less than a month. Got my money back and bought some good old Wagner shoes and no more problem. Both were bonded. The Wagners cost more but were much better.

I completely agree with Wrench Fetcher. After owning a parts store for 10 years, just use Wagner brake shoes, bonded or rivited, should be fine.

Russntustin,

I worked in a shop where mechanics maintained a fleet of lumber trucks. All the shoes were riveted, but only because the maintenance crew did their own relining. They bought lining by the case and had a rivet press.

Stuart