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brake shoes

11 Episode Mentions

Too Afraid to Ask

Brake shoes are the parts that rub against a drum to slow down or stop a car. They’re inside the wheel and help bring the vehicle to a halt.

Technical Definition

Brake shoes are the friction components inside drum brakes that press against the brake drum to slow or stop a vehicle.

Hear It Discussed

"we'll do a brake job and a brake job is rotors, pads, brake shoes in the back, [555.3s] wheel cylinders in the back, brake hoses in the back, brake hoses in the front,"
Automotive Tips to Reduce Repair Expenses from the Authority in Auto Repair Advice Under The Hood show 09:06

"Us guys were kept in the back stores making brake pipes and relining brake shoes, usually buffing off extra bits of highly toxic asbestos lining with an angle grinder and no mask."
OTOSOT 98 Smith and Sniff 03:22

"...it's got two brake shoes on each wheel, one of them operated by the foot brake. And then it's also..."
130th anniversary special: a new home for the Autocar archive My week in cars: the Autocar podcast 14:01