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jjbarth · May 23, 2017

Looking for the way to install new felt seal on the Backing Plate

gab · May 23, 2017

Must be working on some top secret classified project, you ain't giving up much info.

Janicholson · May 23, 2017

Pretty easy to answer if we had a model and year to chew on to help. Jim

jjbarth · May 23, 2017

(quoted from post at 18:04:31 05/23/17) Looking for the way to install new felt seal on the Backing Plate

It's a Ford jubilee and i'm doing a brake job. It has the same felt seal as my other 7 hundred series Fords, but have never replaced the felt on any of them. Looking for any "tricks" to get it in the slot.

showcrop · May 24, 2017

I put new ones on one of my Fords a few years ago. I was doing a major overhaul at the time, and I am pretty sure that I cleaned and painted the surface, then used contact cement. It is critical that you get the surface clean because while the glue will stick to the brake dust you can't rely on the brake dust continuing to stick to the plate.

Blackhole49 · May 24, 2017

When I replaced the oil soaked felts on my Funk 8n, I beat the I beat the new ones into the slots with a hammer then had had to pound on one side extra to get it to fit inside the drum. Two years later, that side still drags a little. I was able to reuse my oil soaked shoes that had good pads but no grip. I soaked them for a week in lacquer thinner then wire brushed the surface and let them dry out for a couple of days before reinstalling. They work good (for an 8n) now.

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