Brake Shoe Lining Materials

[Nick Turley]

Hi,

I want to maximise the braking on my 7 special for normal road use. One of the items I want to improve and replace are the brake shoe linings.

What experiences have people had with different lining materials?

I’m torn between changing the linings myself (which I have done before) or having them replaced by a company such as Saftek.

Other posts have suggested that the Saftek ‘Green Gripper’ is the way to go - has anyone any experience of this material? Is it worth the small additional cost?

Thanks.

Matt

Back to your question Matt.

I always use Saftek green gripper it is outstandingly good as Steve Jones suggests.
It does not cost more.
My view is that it is not worth messing about fitting the linings yourself Saftek do it so well.
On the alloy shoes I have mine both bonded and riveted. On the steel shoes bonded only.

Clearly the brakes will only work well if all the mechanical aspects are spot on.

A new member of our group (Peter Chaplin) has just done the brakes on his PD tourer, he asked me to test the car as he is new to Austin Sevens. The brakes on his car are really fantastic - Saftek liners and Peter did a brilliant job on the mechanics.
Cannot be beaten in my opinion !

It's a no brainer.