Id love a set of rear shoes for my 450s, and I have a friend with a Rincon who needs a full set.

Hey Ricky,

I saw you called earlier. Congrats on the News for you and Mercy.

I can make some pads if we can round up some brass. Its been a while, I've just been to busy to make any.

Call me and we can talk about it.

BTW I like the pic in the avatar.

 How do you make them? any pics?

my brute is all apart from the fuel pump issue so i noticed i have almost no pad left..they dont really last in the grit 

I wrote an artcile about them a while back. Let me see if I can find it and I will post it here.

I get my brake pad material here,,,,, including woven brass,,,, get it by the foot in 1" wide strips,,,,, look under Raw Material/Brake and Clutch Lining on the bottom right side of the page,,,,

http://www.mcmaster.com/

That looks like a good place to get stuff but I want solid brass not woven. the solid is easier to work with since you can screw it to the pads with brass screws.  I just havent heard of anyone bending it around a brake shoe b4.

I use it for disk brake pads only,,,, perfect size,,,, and I use JB Weld and overnight in a vise to assemble,,,, cost about $1.50/side as opposed to $30/side otherwise. I buy it in 3' sections and then don't have to get any more for a year or more,,,,

I've never relined shoes before but I cant see where it would be that bad. You would just have to work the brass around the shoe. The high spots would wear down pretty quick.

Thats kind of what I was thinking.

when i have done them. just use a old brake pad and make them the same thisckness of a new brake pad.and just check them just like the regular brake pads for wear.