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Old 19th September 2014, 08:41   #11
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The reason I asked was a chap in the village had a new set fitted but his old set still had about 3 mm on them.
3mm and surprisingly thin for shoes. They just do not normally wear at all, so usually no reason to fit new unless they have suffered contamination or damage.
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Old 19th September 2014, 11:41   #12
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what comes to mind is......

CUSTOMER; my handbrakes not holding
MECHANIC; That'll be your shoes, they need doing...that'll be £££

fit shoes, adjust, hey presto it works....until the compensator stretches a bit more.

The fact you got them back and seemingly in one piece really suggests they didn't need doing.

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Old 19th September 2014, 14:06   #13
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CUSTOMER; my handbrakes not holding
MECHANIC; That'll be your shoes, they need doing...that'll be £££
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Yep, the typical mechanics shotgun approach, with no idea of the cause, they fire in the hopes of hitting the right spot.

Has he done the compensator mod yet and adjusted at both rear hubs? Instant permanent fix and cheaper than new shoes.
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Old 19th September 2014, 15:19   #14
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Lucky he still had the shoes to show me.

As I said to him they shouldn't wear out.

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Old 19th September 2014, 15:29   #15
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Lucky he still had the shoes to show me.

As I said to him they shouldn't wear out.

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Without seeing the friction surface I would say those shoes are good as new.
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lining thickness looks fine on those, looking even more like an adjustment and/or compensator fault. Just changed mine today and this is what they looked like...no mention of any replacement in the history so presuming they have been in there for 14 years....they easily passed MOT last year with handbrake on 3 clicks max
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I will be fitting a compensator in for him soon, but as they are oap's they're not rolling in it and their main problem at the moment is the intermittent stalling.
Another thread already started on that one.
So shoes adjusted up and both wheels holding, mod to do a little later for them.
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