Relined brake shoes?

I did a search, all I found is Merritor platinumshield,re lined, making them since 2009, painted grey. New shoes available to OEM. I’m going to call tomorrow, Now I’m not sure what I got. They told me were new, no core.

 

Re lined is all anyone uses. Standard. Nothing to fear.Im going to get to the bottom of the ones I bought for steers, I thought they were new, probably wrong.

 

What about thermal capacity should the jacobs go off line and you are faced with a 8 pound to 12 pound application on service for another 8 miles down?

The heat transfer ability. Or is that asking too much?

I remember what I could do and could not do with what I believed then to be Ceramic brakes. And Ive managed to burn some of them as well long ago.

Have we improved at all?

 

The guys are giving you good information. Re-lined brakes from a reputable source shouldn't give you any problem at all.

 

There is nothing wrong with relined shoes on a good foundation. In the past we bolted them on with brass taper headed bolts and nuts. Then we moved up to rivets and an arbor press. Each rivet was to have an extractor ( easy out type bit ) put in it and pulled with an inch pound torque wrench. When properly riveted they are as good as new. Of course they were to be checked for wear at the pin locations first.
Lawyers, insurance and the EPA have put most folks out of the reline business. That is much the same as what I see happening to owner operators now.

 

A re-line isn't like a tire retread if that's what is making you leery of them.
A retread is gluing rubber back on the tire where it was a single piece before. It makes a joint that was never there before.
A re-line is taking the breaking material, grinding the rivets off and replacing with the exact same rivets and brake material that are used for the brand new brakes. At least if you get quality re-lines. The same joints using the same machines to build with the same parts as new.

 

Why am I not surprised, you used to do your own re lining??? Lol

 

I’d just assume get the hardest shoe, less fade, last longer, and replace drums, as they’re not too expensive anymore. I recently replaced trailer shoes. I re used drums, last time, I had to replace 2. The drums , seem to be inconsistent, even on my Truck, I’ve had incosistent wear on drums, deep ridges in a couple, and others are fine. Must be quality of metal, or maybe heat from rivets, when they’re close. I don’t know. What’s strange is how the shoe will still be flat and smooth, while drum is full of grooves. Back when drums cost more than the old car itself did, wed turn them down to legal minimum, still having a groove, shoes would reflect the groove, after a while. Trucks different, damage due to heat, I’m told.