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Exactly. NAPA used to sell "bulk" brake lining that came in different widths in long strips. You cut off the length needed and then drilled and riveted them to your shoe. I remember this old fart (which I'm now a club member ! ) who helped my father install new linings on our family tractor. He...

I worked at IHC in Tukwila WA. We also used to steam clean brakes if they had "fresh" oil dripping on them. If the brakes had the oil sit on them for longer then a week then we would replace them. Same thing at the transit department. It was all about the time the shoes had to "absorb" the oil...

I just reread this last post and it seems like I'm being "snarky" about a "real survivalist" . Could not be further from the truth. I'm just saying that if your going to be living as a "prepper/survivalist" you need to have parts to keep your rigs going. In a real "SHTF" scenario there will not...

What's the purpose of surviving a "SHTF" scenario if your going to kill yourself driving a truck with dangerous brakes ? A real survivalist will have stocked piled parts to fix his rig when the time comes. Not try and "shade tree" repair it. I want my rig running like "Mad Max's" if the...

Yes soaking them in a bath of Acetone will remove the oil, but it also breaks down the brake shoe fibers. We tried that at the transit department and had the shoes fail in 1/8th the normal time.

That is exactly what I would do. If you don't have a shop that will help you, you can buy "bulk" shoes that are the same size as the original for almost any vehicle. You then must drill them out to fit your holes in the shoes themselves and install the rivets yourself, but at 1/8 the cost of NOS...

Yes you can sometimes get away with "burning" out the oil. It all depends on how much oil the shoes have absorbed. If they have had oil leaking on them for a long time then I would replace the shoes. The oil has gone through the whole shoe. Even burning it will not get rid of all the oil...