Anyone had any luck using sand paper on a brake drum and sanding new linings in a "flossing" motion to seat them? We have always done estops and sanded the high spots by hand but this can take a LONG time. new equipment generally doesn't have this problem,but old equipment does. Especially when retaining a machine on mod where it no longer stops on the brake. We often have to upgrade lining material to help with ETS. In this instance brake stand has been shimmed but lining contact is not great even after dozens of estops and sandingby hand. Just looking if someone has better method.i talked to an old timer and he said they would put balanced load in a car and take the brake arms off @mid rise, glue sand paper on the drum and then rotate the machine by hand.... Sounds like a good idea but maybe not up to today's safety standards.
Last edited by tayto; 09/12/26 08:59 PM.
