I have been having trouble with my brakes sticking after setting for a few days and they don't stop all that good on my 48 Champion. I heard tonight about Ceramic brake shoes. They are suppose to stop better and not stick. This is a new one on me. Of course I'm old and don't get around much any more.
I'm not sure about the shoes, but I have heard of ceramic brake pads. They eliminate the brake dust on you wheels.
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Can you provide us the name of the supplier/distributor? I know about ceramic Brake "pads", but never heard about shoes. For the past
19 years I have found that riveted shoes, whch are hard to find, stop better than bonded. Maybe it is due to the way there are spaces/holes in the riveted shoes that lets heat disipate or the fact that bonded have a special composite and don't give off heat.Aside from all the plus's of riveted brakes, there is a huge negative. Once you wear down a shoe and expose the top of a rivet, they can score the drum surface.
Let us know about the source of ceramic shoes
My 2000 Chevy Silverado came factory equipped with ceramic disc pads on its
4 wheel disc brake system. They are quieter and produce virtually no dust. As far as durability, I am coming up on 140,000 miles on the original pads.Last time I looked, at about 125,000 miles, I estimate the front pads had about 30% wear left. Unbeatable.Dave
This may be totally bogus, but here is what I know.
I have been buy> Can you provide us the name of the supplier/distributor?
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It is possible that ceramic disc pads are available for the Avanti as those pucks were also used on Jaguars for many years, altho I would be somewhat surprised if they are available as it cannot be that popular an application. I don't recall any application of ceramic shoes other than a heavy duty option on Corvettes, before they adopted disc brakes. The Avanti shoe application is a one-off, I'd be very surprised if they would ever be available.
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Interesting, a friend of mine has the identical Navigator as I do. However, his son is a Lincoln\Mercury Dealer, when Hal complained to his kid that the wheels were getting dirty, he told his father to have them install "cermaic" pads.
I asked my dealer, and he had no idea about ceramic pads.
Who cares, truck goes bye-bye in the next 90 days.
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