I am helping my friend Steve today and he needs new linings on his Rocky Mountain brakes. I don't see them in any of the catalog stores.
Where can new linings be purchased?
Neil
Go to a friction material store that actually works on clutch and brake facings for installation shops and have them re-line the bands with parking brake fabric from a commercial truck or a 40-50's Chrysler parking brake system mounted on the drive shaft. The 1/4 inch thick woven fabric looks like heavy burlap sacking with brass threads in it. They will squeal like crazy unless you roughen up the face of the brake drum with some aluminum oxide sand paper to stop the vibration. That brake drum will act like a bell and really resonate. Cast iron drums do not ring like the stamped steel ones do. I contacted Bud Williams of Temecula who makes the Rocky Mountain brakes and he quoted me $185 to re-line the bands with his special quiet lining. You can not buy that lining anywhere else, he has the corner on it. It is a molded solid strip of material. So I voted with my feet and got the noisy stuff which cost me $60 for the material and to bond the lining onto the old old bands. They stop better than two other Model T Fords I have driven that have four wheel Nash Metropolitan hydraulic brakes. But mine is a Speedster and rather light weight.
I have used lining from McMaster-Carr with good results. I use the metalic high strength. http://www.mcmaster.com/#brake-lining
Then order the anvil tools from the T parts vendors. - John
John, is that the same material often sold for relining 26-27 rear brakes?
John, Frank,
Thanks for the help.
Neil
What about a source for green grabber linings? Anybody using them? They seem to work pretty good on my '16 Bennett brakes.
Ron Dupree
I believe original Rocky Mountain brakes use 1 1/2 X 3/16 lining.
I tried the woven linings which worked good until they got wet. When wet they would not even slow you down.
Erich, I do not know if its the same as the 26-27 brake material. I have the McMaster-Carr lining on the rockies on my 21 touring and 27 Tudor and am very pleased with the performance. - John