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Subject:Re: Near New Brake Drum: Crack or casting flaw?
From:Neil N
Date:Wed, 29 Jun 2016 21:34:27 -0700

Zimmerman.
Dunno where they're made.
As was noted previously by Dennis and possibly myself, OD of shoes is
greater near the
backplate. IIRC this was true for the GW shoes.
As per Bentley spec, I measured OD of shoes at part of lining nearest the
backplate.
For the life of, could not determine why shoes are angled like that.

"Uncle".  ;)

I post short links because folks had complained about uber long links.
I try to describe what the link is for.

Neil

On Wednesday, June 29, 2016, C. Abney <tsudonimh@gmail.com> wrote:

LowCostAftermarket.  Is that near Shenzen, or Hong Kong?  I think my
> drums are from there.  They have evident uneven wear ........
>
> Also, I found that alt search engines like duckduckgo will decode
> links from tinyurl and such, and I can decide from there whether to
> click on it or not.
>

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