Brakes need relining

[MattKemph]

Where is a good place to get brakes relined on the west coast?

Need to get inner and outer relined on a 1916 Buick

Thanks

Phil

[JFranklin]

Friction materials in Eugene Oregon advertises in some of the old car newsletters here. You can look for other shops that do friction material work in the yellow pages

[MattKemph]

Had them redone there and they messed them up terribly Relined them with too thick of material making them worthless They used wrong type of lining, and almost doubled the thickness and their solution is to have them redone by them at my expense so I am looking for another solution. I guess I should feel lucky I got my original bands back that I can salvage I just hate paying for some Idiot that says they know what they are doing to mess things up and have to pay again to fix it right

[JFranklin]

I never had trouble with them. Did you give them your cars specifications or drums before the job? If so I would ask for my money back!

[Guest]

If you don't get satisfaction Albernie Brake in Port Albernie BC does excellent work. Quite reasonable too.

[MattKemph]

They were provided with the brake drum, the original bands and the thickness of the lining material

The last conversation with them I was told " We are not responsible for the lining being the incorrect thickness as we had no information on cars that old" Nice response!! was also told that I had 4 options:

1. Find someone with a drum sander and sand the linings to an acceptable thickness. Being careful not to remove too much material and to maintain a uniform surface thickness. But you cautioned me that if this was done that the lining may unravel and become useless.

2. Reline with a different material that could be sanded to any thickness necessary. The concern of this material is that it had to be kept dry or the lining would fail. Probably not a practical solution on a car

that has exposed brake linings.

3. Reline with the proper thickness of lining material.

4. Modify the brake band and modify the attachment point on the car to

allow for the incorrect lining to work.

All of these options were to be completed at my expense.

Yes I have requested a full refund but again was told not their fault but they would refund $250 of the $580 that they charged me to help with the costs of finding someone to do them correctly