The linings may have been provided by the canadian company but who put the
shoes together?  That same canadian company also provides the friction
material for luk and several other clutches as well.  They do not make
complete units though, only the friction material.
jimt

On 5/12/05 12:20 AM, "Martin Jagersand" <jag@CS.UALBERTA.CA> wrote:

>  Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 19:03:45 -0700
>  From: mark drillock <drillock@earthlink.net>
>
>  I had this same problem on an old VW of mine a couple weeks ago. I
>  removed the rear drums to see what was going on and the friction
>  material was almost completely delaminated from the metal part on one
>  shoe. The linings were as new otherwise. On the edge of the separated
>  lining were the words "Made In Canada", with zero wear visible on the
>                         ==============
> This must obvioulsy be the problem ;-)
> I've got a new pair of brake shoes at home, and I'll take a look and see if
> I can spot any difference in how the lining is attached on the new
> and failed one.
>
> /m
>
>  lining. I would sure like to think that this was a one in a million
>  occurrence. The vehicle had sat for some unknown number of years but
>  that hardly excuses the failure.
>
>  Mark
>
>