That 67 Satellite was standard 10X2.5 manual drums on all 4 corners. I'm sure the brake shoes contained asbestos in the day, but special or heavy duty, no. If I remember there have recently been some NOS brake shoes for sale on this forum. @tnfastback just did the brakes on his GTX earlier in the year, you might inquire what he used, but properly working with good quality components is most important.
Jerry, not to sound like a smart ***, but why would auto manufacturers all switch from drum to disc so many years ago. I understand what you and others are saying but if drums were as good, if not better in racing situations, why would the switch ever have happened? I would honestly like to know your opinion. Thanks.
Disc brakes don't fade with repeated use like drum brakes will. I found this out years ago responding to a fire call with my 1964 Polara as a rural volunteer firefighter. I quickly converted my car to disc brakes using junkyard 1970 Road Runner parts after a white knuckle ride. This was a straight bolt-in, almost 40 years ago, before all the Mopar magazines were running articles how to do it. I just noodled it out myself. I found out there was a difference between disc brake M/C and drum one along the way too! I agree that drum brakes likely hold a drag car on the starting line while foot braking due to more brake lining contact area, however.
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I never go to the trouble to locate high spots on brake shoes, a few hard stops is what I call seatings the shoes. Front disk and rear drum, a couple of easy stops with the emergency brake will seat the rear shoes. With self adjusters, a few hard stops in reverse will adjust everything. 11" drums with no self adjusters is still a pain, but may take more than a few adjustments. If this sounds old school, I am.
Problem was, when bolting the wheels back on the rears would bind to the point that the car would not move, pushing by hand as the engine has not been finished. I’ve done enough brakes in my time to know when they are adjusted properly, and they were. The high spots were quite prevalent. A lot of filing had to be done. They seem to be okay now but I am certainly going to use you ‘seating’ method when I get the engine fired up. On the Dr. Diff discs, I had to chase all the threads on the spindles for the caliper mounting bracket bolts to thread in. Other than that they when together well.
