Hand brake shoes

[mgbond]

Does anyone know the part number for these for the 2.5 (not sure if they are different to the other cars)

Cheers

Bondy

[Gadgeroonie]

you can get brake shoes relined if you cant find some

should cost approx £20 - £30

[mgbond]

Cheers

[D_G]

I got mine from the factory as I couldn't match them anywhere.

[coolchris]

Hi D G,
How much off memory did you pay ? think im due some anytime soon


Cheers

Chris

[D_G]

I think they were around £60 or so. This was a few years ago though when you could still buy parts direct.

[coolchris]

cheers thanks for that

chris

[Metalman]

I thought handbrake shoes were around £300 a pair or am I wrong? I've just had my handbrake shoes relined and at last they work really well. It cost me £120 as i asked for something soft and grippy. If you do go down the relining route be careful on thickness of shoe I used 3mm and the fit was perfect. Any thicker and the disc won't go on.

[mgbond]

Metalman said:

I thought handbrake shoes were around £300 a pair or am I wrong? I've just had my handbrake shoes relined and at last they work really well. It cost me £120 as i asked for something soft and grippy. If you do go down the relining route be careful on thickness of shoe I used 3mm and the fit was perfect. Any thicker and the disc won't go on.

Do u have the details of who u used for relining shoes. Cheers

[Metalman]

Custom brakes and hydraulics ltd
Tel [phone]
www.custombrakes.co.uk

3mm lining at a cost of £120 in total and they do a 24hr turnaround. Measure the internal diameter of your rear disk to make sure, mine was 190mm.

[mgbond]

Cheers budd

[key750]

I'm sure about this: someone... somewhere... have write our shoes is from an american car like: Lincoln, Cadillac......
But I don't remember who, where, what....

(excuse me about my spaghetti english)

[Adrian W]

Alex S found someone to do these for not much money

[Chapppers]

aren't they off a 90s corvette?

[Libs]

Had a little problem yesterday worth sharing.

Parked up miles from home after a spirited drive and (unusually) put handbrake on. Came back 10 minutes later and car would only roll backward not forward.

Brilliant RAC man fixed problem quickly. Combination of light rust on inside of disc and brake dust build up had caused a jam. A little work with emery paper sorted it.

Probably worth removing and cleaning out every so often.

[280]

I have a couple of new hand brake shoes; just email me if interested.

Regards,
A.