Brooklyn Beer Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 I have a 53 Cranbrook and am curious if anyone can tell me what other 10 inch shoes from other year Chrysler products would fit. Parts geek has shoes for a 50-53 Chrysler for 35.00 bucks (4 shoes) but nothing for a 53 Plymouth. And everyone else seems to think 4 shoes for a 53 Plymouth are made from gold in comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithb7 Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 Perhaps this parts interchange book available here for download may offer some clues? http://www.mymopar.com/index.php?pid=107 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobileparts Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 I responded to you on the other thread that you had -- that I have the 100 % correct brake shoes in ++ Asbestos ++ for Fronts & Rears... None of your internet new - fangled outfits -- Amazon , partsgeek, partsidiots, partsmoron, etc., etc. CAN NOT and WILL NOT have them.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c49er Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 I strongly suggest asbestos shoes as mentioned^^^^..not the modern slow and soft stop lining material probably made in a far off country of clay and charcoal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 55er Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 This is the interchange for 1953 Plymouth, front & rear are the same: FMSI 1106-43 or Raybestos #43 shoes, they're 10" by 2". In my experiences I've found that they were always rather pricey. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooklyn Beer Posted February 16, 2020 Author Share Posted February 16, 2020 Thank you. I can't understand the price either in comparison to other brake shoes. And it is not like the shoes are rare or the cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooklyn Beer Posted February 16, 2020 Author Share Posted February 16, 2020 1 hour ago, c49er said: I strongly suggest asbestos shoes as mentioned^^^^..not the modern slow and soft stop lining material probably made in a far off country of clay and charcoal. I was thinking goat hide and monkey turds.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloo Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 I have to dissent about the modern linings. I tried some non-asbestos shoes in the 90s during the last years of a car that i had put a LOT of road miles on. The were far superior to any of the asbestos linings I had on the same car (several sets). The pedal was more solid, they were more controllable, they had more stopping power AND even a little more fade resistance. The difference was pretty astounding. I default to non-asbestos now whenever possible. I probably wont ever use asbestos again unless I run into some car the modern stuff just won't work on. They did have the annoying property of expanding a little bit when you break them in. If you don't know that, and you don't break them in, you can wind up with the wheels locked and unable to drive the first time the brakes get hot. I had already heard the horror stories and accounted for it when I broke them in. If you cant come up with off the shelf shoes at a price you can live with, why not send your shoes and drums out to some specialist and have them relined and fit to the drums? Fitting to the drums also makes a huge difference in performance. Brake and Equipment (of Minneapolis) and Brake and Clutch (of Seattle) are a couple of shops that come to mind. You could probably even choose the properties of the lining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c49er Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 We will agree to disagree then🙂 I have done many vintage car brake jobs...a lot of modern linings can be grabby or not so... The late 30's thru mid 50's MoPars with lockheed brakes have some special brake adjustment requirements...Ammco 1750 or Miller MT19 tools and a shoe arcer which I use on all the brake jobs....a must to make the brakes right from the start. Most of todays modern linings on the Lockheed type shoes don't give a safe feeling when stopping and are weak at best under. Can be grabby upon 1st few stops and after heating up too soft and weak under hard braking. JMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobileparts Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Bloo, Sorry, on this one you are incorrect. If you take 1 1/2 seconds to simply FEEL nice soft ++ Asbestos ++ as opposed to this new garbage friction coefficient, you will be an expert on the subject. ++ Asbestos ++ is the the only smoooooothest softest braking material that real cars stop with adequately.... I purposely have thousands of sets, and am always buying more -- because everyone in the know begs me to find it -- in the G M world, in the MOPAR world, in the Ford world, in the Studebaker world.... You get the idea. And there isn't enough ++ Asbestos ++ in brake shoes to make all the environmental morons gripe like idiots -- but they will automatically... The gospel. Yours, Craig. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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