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New rear brake shoes, does it matter which shoe goes on top?
- Thread starter snitzler
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m_stock10506
Well-known member
Why not call or contact EME and ask them? They should be able to give you an answer immediately.
Great idea, I emailed EME with a picture of my installation and they came back with that I did it correctly. The D shoe is on top and the S shoe is on the bottom.
jhall
BMWMOA #24809
Not Self Energizing Brake
Good to know which shoe belongs in which position. Looking at the pic, it is obviously not a 'self energizing' design, which explains why Airheads work so poorly. They could easily have, at any point, changed it to self energizing, with minimal expense, if any. I know I am just complaining, but I will never be content with Airheads' pathetic rear brakes. I will never understand their logic in keeping this brake till the end.
Good to know which shoe belongs in which position. Looking at the pic, it is obviously not a 'self energizing' design, which explains why Airheads work so poorly. They could easily have, at any point, changed it to self energizing, with minimal expense, if any. I know I am just complaining, but I will never be content with Airheads' pathetic rear brakes. I will never understand their logic in keeping this brake till the end.
stevenrankin
Active member
Rear brakes
I have a disc brake set up on my 78 RS and the drum on my R80RT. If I had my way, I would ditch the disc brake on the RS and go to a drum. I am constantly fiddling with and changing pads on the disc system not to mention the pain to bleed and change fluid. The drum system on my RT lasted 30 years with only the minor adjustment of the tension before it finally needed shoes. The mileage was well over 200K.
With a properly adjusted drum brake, I could lock the rear wheel up just as easily as the disc brake system.
Sorry, but I love the drum system and put up with the disc system, too much money and time involved to change the disc to drum. St.
I have a disc brake set up on my 78 RS and the drum on my R80RT. If I had my way, I would ditch the disc brake on the RS and go to a drum. I am constantly fiddling with and changing pads on the disc system not to mention the pain to bleed and change fluid. The drum system on my RT lasted 30 years with only the minor adjustment of the tension before it finally needed shoes. The mileage was well over 200K.
With a properly adjusted drum brake, I could lock the rear wheel up just as easily as the disc brake system.
Sorry, but I love the drum system and put up with the disc system, too much money and time involved to change the disc to drum. St.
