The Rover-Landers of BC

I'm sure this has come up before, but I couldn't find it on a search.
Does anyone have their brake shoes relined? if so is there a place in the lower mainland that does this? thx, Ken

AFAIK domestic linings tend to be thicker than stock Rover ones (at least what they used on Series vehicles) so fitting shoes afterward was problematic unless your drums were oversized.

This company has series rovers on their books and can do them for you.

Aldous D V & Co Ltd
Phone: (604) 876-2226
3505 Fraser St, Vancouver, BC

I relined my own earlier style park brake shoes as I used to do this in a previous life. I put old shoes in a woodstove and burnt oil off. (degrease to make clean) Ideally a guy would sandblast,but I wire brushed. I used a propane torch to debond some new linings of same thickness off some new old shoes. Toyota, or something. Vise gripped and clamped to cool on Rover shoes to cool and form exact arc. Spread on industrial epoxy to both sides and clamped again. Drilled through original holes from the inside of the metal shoe. Used a countersink to make it at least 2/3rds of the way through. Used countersunk brass machine screws and nut to tighten and hold. If it wears through, brass is not as destructive in a drum as steel. Trim excess material and paint. I would do this to my service shoes if/when I can get my hands on the friction material.

You will be amazed how little heat it takes to remove the bonding material from commercially bonded linings. It also smokes and stinks a good'un.

The best thing a guy can do regardless of new shoes, is to get them arced to match a drum in a pair. That way when installed, they will form a perfect match to the drum regardless of size. No bedding-in required. perfect contact right away. It is an old machine and, an old but simple procedure, getting harder to find.

Aldous D V & Co Ltd
Phone: (604) 876-2226
3505 Fraser St, Vancouver, BC

These are the guys that the trade shops use.

Just took mine in to them...$46 a pair ( a pair means four brake shoes)and $12 each, to do the drums
MK

Not a a bad price at all.

When you say $12 for the drums do you mean they skimmed them smooth or did they reline the drums?

You can't reline a drum.. well.. I suppose you could but that's tricky machine shop stuff.

There is an outfit in Port Alberni that did some Austin FX4 Taxi brakes for me a few years back. Thought Islanders would like to know. I sent along a drum for fit as they had a few thicknesses. I machines my own drums as it's what I do :)