Dexta brake shoe drill pattern

[Gopher Baroque]

I found a leaking rear axle seal on my Dexta so purchased new brake shoes. I carefully chose a set listed as "Fits Dexta", but the parts I received from Tractor Parts ASAP did not have the proper mounting holes. The overall dimensions matched my original shoes, so I measured my originals to get the pattern for drilling 5/16" holes for the retaining pins and 1/2" for the retracting springs. I am uploading a sketch of the dimensions I used for laying out the new holes.

PS In hindsight, I was surprised to see the original shoes clean up nicely in the solvent tank and sandblasting to remove the oil soaking. Not what I would do for a car, but I would not be adverse to just reusing the old shoes for this application, if I had not already ordered new shoes out of habit.

 

[SkipperII]

Many times over the years I heated brake linings on Fordson Majors, with a torch, then washed the grease that cooked off them, with gasoline,
sometimes had to cook them a couple times, but had good success.