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I am currently rebuilding an RP saloon, that has been "pending" in the garage for fifteen years. On stripping the rear brakes, I find that one of the brake shoes is made from cast iron!! Part number A 4164 cast into the shoe. I have never seen or heard of these shoes in the 50+ years I have worked on Austin Sevens. The car uses 1 1/4 shoes. What was/is the application for cast iron shoes?
Perhaps some one may need this shoe for a particular application.
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Location: Near Cambridge, UK
Car type: 1928 tourer (mag type), short chassis Gould Ulster
I believe that some crankcases were also cast iron, possibly for military applications. I feel sure that there is someone on the forum who knows more about these things, but could it be that the War Office also asked for cast iron brake shoes?
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I have a number of cast iron brake shoes, mostly offset.
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Broken shoes, often welded, were not uncommon. A quality CI would be quite strong and malleable c.i would be more so. Incidentally offset shoes often emntioned. What is the distiction and when did it apply please?
(If a shoe is bedded primarily at the fulcrum end a stong bending force.)
