Brake Shoe Prices...

[Barry]

Wondering what kind of prices you guys are getting on your brake shoes around the country?

Q's

Q Plus's

16-1/2" x 5" fronts

[DADDYSLILGURL]

Wondering what kind of prices you guys are getting on your brake shoes around the country?

Q's

Q Plus's

16-1/2" x 5" fronts

OK ALL THESE PRICES ARE ROUND ABOUT OVER THE COUTNER IN BENSALEM PA

AND THAY ARE ALL KIT PRICES( 2 SHOES AND A SPRING KIT)

Q- 50.00

Q+ 55.00

16 1/2 X 5

Q 63.79

Q+ 73.88

EATON 72.10

I KNOW THESE PRICES JUST KEEP GETTIN WORSE AND WORSE AND AS A VENDOR I APOLOGIZE BUT THERE ISNT MUCH I CAN DO!! THOSE ARE THE PRICES AS OF RIGHT NOW FOR ALL I KNOW THEY WILL GO UP AGAIN IN ANOTHER WEEK. LORD KNOWS MY DRUM AND BATTERY PRICES HAVE GONE THRU THE ROOF AS WELL.

KELLY

Edited May 15, 2008 by DADDYSLILGURL

[Speed]

OK ALL THESE PRICES ARE ROUND ABOUT OVER THE COUTNER IN BENSALEM PA

AND THAY ARE ALL KIT PRICES( 2 SHOES AND A SPRING KIT)

Q- 50.00

Q+ 55.00

16 1/2 X 5

Q 63.79

Q+ 73.88

EATON 72.10

I KNOW THESE PRICES JUST KEEP GETTIN WORSE AND WORSE AND AS A VENDOR I APOLOGIZE BUT THERE ISNT MUCH I CAN DO!! THOSE ARE THE PRICES AS OF RIGHT NOW FOR ALL I KNOW THEY WILL GO UP AGAIN IN ANOTHER WEEK. LORD KNOWS MY DRUM AND BATTERY PRICES HAVE GONE THRU THE ROOF AS WELL.

KELLY

Kelly and Barry;

Do either of you show a listing at all for shoes and wheel cylinders for my '45 EH? If it'll help I can go find the build sheet and possibly get some part numbers (1945 vintage ).

Thanks!

Speed

[DADDYSLILGURL]

YES NUMBERS I CAN WORK WONDERS WITH GOOD NUMBERS!!! WHAT TYPE OF BRAKES ARE THEY ANY WAY??? IF ITS SOMETHING TO OUT DATED U MIGHT WANT TO THINK ABOUT CONVERTIN TO COMMON BRAKES. BUT POST THE NUBERS AND ILL SEE WHAT I CAN DO

KELLY

PS. SPEED DID THAT FILTER WORK OUT IM KINDA CURIOUS

Edited May 16, 2008 by DADDYSLILGURL

[Charlie Hatfield]

Lot of different pricing per grade and brand of lining. Anywhere from $25 to $75

[DADDYSLILGURL]

Lot of different pricing per grade and brand of lining. Anywhere from $25 to $75

VERY TRU THANKU FOR POINTING THAT OUT ALL THE PRICES I SENT IN ARE ABEX LINING 23K POUND TOP GRADE IF U WANT PRICING ON THE MID GRADE ABEX LET ME KNOW

[Speed]

VERY TRU THANKU FOR POINTING THAT OUT ALL THE PRICES I SENT IN ARE ABEX LINING 23K POUND TOP GRADE IF U WANT PRICING ON THE MID GRADE ABEX LET ME KNOW

Okay,Kelly-here we go;. I show 2 numbers per axle;first is listed as a shoe and bushing assy.-Front-3MW34P1,Rear-7QD23P2. Under those,I show Brake lining;Front-7MW216,Rear-3QD31P149.

Hope you can make some sense of these,but don't feel bad if you can't-this beast is 63 years old,and still runs like a kid!

Speed

[Speed]

And BTW-lower priced or mid grade will be fine-I doubt I'll be logging too many miles in this truck...

Speed

[vanscottbuilders]

On the question of brake shoe grades -

Do the softer (less expensive) brake shoe grades provide

any better stopping power, besides being rated for lighter gross weights?

And, do they wear faster because of that?

I know that for every day use, most guys use the top grades for long life.

But we, as hobbyists, really don't need that in most cases. We don't

usually pull any real weight, or put on any great mileage.

New brakes will probably outlast me in any of my old trucks.

Would softer brake shoes actually be better for us?

Paul Van Scott

[DADDYSLILGURL]

FOR SHOW HOPPIN AMD PARADES THE SOFTER ONES SHOULD BE FINE?? THEY WILL ALSO GO EASIER ON YOUR DRUMS!!

[DADDYSLILGURL]

Okay,Kelly-here we go;. I show 2 numbers per axle;first is listed as a shoe and bushing assy.-Front-3MW34P1,Rear-7QD23P2. Under those,I show Brake lining;Front-7MW216,Rear-3QD31P149.

Hope you can make some sense of these,but don't feel bad if you can't-this beast is 63 years old,and still runs like a kid!

Speed

HEY ARE THET DRUM BRAKES OR DISK I KNOW THEY ARE HYDRAULIC BUT I DONT KNOW IF THEY ARE DRUM OR NOT

[Speed]

HEY ARE THET DRUM BRAKES OR DISK I KNOW THEY ARE HYDRAULIC BUT I DONT KNOW IF THEY ARE DRUM OR NOT

They're drum brakes. I was told they have a tendency,when on a truck that isn't used much,to build up dust between the lining and rhe shoe web,which eventually pushes the lining out,causing the brake to drag and eventually the lining will loosen from the shoe. That's what this seems like.

Thanks!

Speed

[ciw65]

Wondering what kind of prices you guys are getting on your brake shoes around the country?

Q's

Q Plus's

Not sure about steer brake prices, but last time (about March this year) I bought Q and Q Plus shoes and hardware kits I near fell over. I am on a pretty good price with my supplier for all my brake parts, so I would hate to think what retail or list prices are. But in Australia I paid $93 a pair for bonded shoes (drive axle) and $24 for hardware kits(springs, rollers, anchor pins, etc.). 1 hardware kit does 1 pair of shoes. Linings are EF grade, in between soft and chew your drums out hard. With all highway work I expect around 3 to 4 years out of drive brake linings (depending on the driver). Not sure how this compares to U.S. prices with the exchange rate around 96 cents.

[CML Service]

Well folks it appears you really need to shop around. I'm doing a major rear brake job on my 95 CH. This includes shoes, hardware, drums, wheel bearings, seals, camshafts, bushing kits and chambers. Fleetpride (having the corner on the aftermarket around here) quoted almost $2000. The IH dealer I use quoted around $1600. I bought the parts from my Mack dealer for about $1200.

Chuck