Bonded brake shoes

Martin Reece · May 15, 2014

Good day,
My international payloader has bonded brake shoes ,not riveted.
Would JB weld work to bond these? what do you use to bond the pads to the shoes?
Thanks Martin

Steve@Advance · May 15, 2014

I've JB welded off road brake shoes and it worked well. Just clean them up and apply JB to both surfaces and clamp the shoe inside the drum until it sets.

Wayne in MN · May 15, 2014

JB will soften if it gets too warm!!
Don't use the brakes too hard or too often.

Janicholson · May 15, 2014

For no "industrial" use or Max stopping and hill work I would say go for it. But not beyond that. Check into the heat resistant adhesive really used, not impossible to do! Jim
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Bob · May 15, 2014

Have you checked the Yellow Pages for a brake/industrial fiction shop in your area?

If you can find one they may have access to re-lined shoes reasonably or be able to re-line your using the correct materials.

NCWayne · May 15, 2014

There are special glues made to bond brake material to the shoe. I"ve done riveted brake bands for cranes and other things for years, but for the bonded stuff I take it to someone who specializes in doing it. For me there is a local place called CECO Friction Products. They have done a few bands for me over the years and I"ve never had any problems out of their work.

That said, JB weld might work, and then again it might not. Now I understand this is a piece of equipment, not a high speed auto, but to me it still begs a question. To me that question is this; when it comes to something like brakes, do you really want to trust your life, or someone else"s life, on doing something yourself, with JB Weld, that should be taken so a pro that has the products and the knowledge to do the job right? Personally I have headed down a hill, and into a curve, on a rubber tired loader only to discover it had no brakes. I got through the whole incident without wrecking, but it still scared the crap out of me.
CECO Friction Products

2x4 · May 15, 2014

they used body putty on strip mine equipment.

hd6gtom · May 16, 2014

call the MFG of JB weld and ask them?

dpendzic · May 16, 2014

the standard JB weld is much better than the quick set--higher heat tolerance and bonding strength used it on my trailer shoes

Bonded brake shoes

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