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I know most of our cars are 50 plus years old and you're really lucky to find any replacement parts for them, but if they're going to be companies out there that do refurbish, rebuild, remanufacture such parts, at least do your homework.
I've been back and forth to the parts store for these brake shoes. First it was with the rear ones. Took two sets to make one. Defects ect.
Now with the front ones. They relined rear cores for the front shoes, WTF! The hole for the top spring isn't going to work, especially with the "revised" slotted hole, another old rant from back when they changed the e-brake leaver to a flat bar instead of the origanal pin type. (I had to deal with that on the rears). So I guess I'm ordering yet another set to see if I can get lucky on the right shoes.
On the plus side, the parts store is very helpful when it comes to these exchanges and hunting down a lot of parts that are hard to find. Rant over for now!
I've been back and forth to the parts store for these brake shoes. First it was with the rear ones. Took two sets to make one. Defects ect.
Now with the front ones. They relined rear cores for the front shoes, WTF! The hole for the top spring isn't going to work, especially with the "revised" slotted hole, another old rant from back when they changed the e-brake leaver to a flat bar instead of the origanal pin type. (I had to deal with that on the rears). So I guess I'm ordering yet another set to see if I can get lucky on the right shoes.
On the plus side, the parts store is very helpful when it comes to these exchanges and hunting down a lot of parts that are hard to find. Rant over for now!