Apologies for my ignorance, but I've just had my car serviced and they advised new brake shoes need fitting. had it done but this has not improved my breaking? Is this ok? Will braking only improve if the pads are changed???
Brake shoes
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Its actually likely to have the opposite effect, the old worn shoes were the shape as the drums, the new ones won't be until you have done a few miles. With pad changes the brakes are sometimes very poor until they have bedded in.
Peter
Peter
As above. There was not nothing wrong with the performance of your old shoes, they stoped the car just fine. However im sure they would have been advised on the service because the amount of life left on them was getting very low.
Hope this helps
Hope this helps
I thought you should upgrade the brake pads and shoes.Regularly change the friction material.
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Is the braking performance actually poor? Presumably the shoes are on the rear wheels or are they on the front wheels as well?
On pretty much any car, the rear brakes contribute surprisingly little to the overall stopping ability, so if the braking performance is satisfactory and legal (passed it's MOT), I wouldn't expect to see a noticeable improvement.
On pretty much any car, the rear brakes contribute surprisingly little to the overall stopping ability, so if the braking performance is satisfactory and legal (passed it's MOT), I wouldn't expect to see a noticeable improvement.
