Re- lining brake shoes with adapted tool

[dave 62 pb]

Job made easy with adapted eyelet riveting tool, no need for extra pair of hands to hold shoe whilst riveting with punches

I replaced the tip on the tool with a cut and ground down riveting punch , it worked a treat

[daxcobra]

Great, well done. Dave

[rodster]

Brings back memories when i used to work on milk floats, that was a regular job.

[4potHemi]

That's a very neat tool. It would have been useful the only time I ever attempted to reline brake shoes myself. At the age of 18 on a Messerschmitt KR200 and I b***ered up the linings completely and had to go off and get them done professionally.

[dave 62 pb]

That's a very neat tool. It would have been useful the only time I ever attempted to reline brake shoes myself. At the age of 18 on a Messerschmitt KR200 and I b***ered up the linings completely and had to go off and get them done professionally.

Yes the first time I did it years ago I broke a lining , had 1 punch in the vice whilst trying to hold the shoe and punch the rivet / this tool makes it so easy but still got to be careful not to do rivet too tight especially on the end of lining they crack easy

[budetta]

Takes me back as well to when I first started (50 years in the trade this year) we had a tool with different size mandrels that fitted in vice and just used small ball peen hammer to rivet over . We used to skim coms on dynamos , rebrush , and rebush them as well!!!

[dave 62 pb]

Takes me back as well to when I first started (50 years in the trade this year) we had a tool with different size mandrels that fitted in vice and just used small ball peen hammer to rivet over . We used to skim coms on dynamos , rebrush , and rebush them as well!!!

That's the difference between a mechanic and a fitter of today, I too am of the age where just about everything was repaired not thrown away and replaced
I actually get pleasure out of getting something working again