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When removing all the brake drums on my 51 , I found the shoes to be real dirty and with some grease. Linings are close to new in thickness so I want to use them. What can I wash them with to clean up the linings ? Thanks.
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Try lightly sanding them. If too much grease, clean with spray brake cleaner first then a light sanding.
Wear a dust mask!!!
ken48
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I am in no way reccomending this as a solution but it worked for me twice. I soaked the brake linings in HEET set them on the cement driveway and lit them of with a fireplace match. The grease just bubbled up and went away. The shoes were riveted not bonded. The trick came to me by way of a mechainic who used it frequently to clean up shoes after a seal leak repair of a wheel cylinder repair. If you were to use it the result in on your back not mine. 
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I did about the same as glyn on the brakes of our 54. I purghased SUPER CONCENTRATE UNIVERSAL MULTI-PURPOSE DEGREASER from Tractor Supply. I used it straight. The brakes came out looking like new. I use the same reduced with water to clean my garage floor.
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Don't forget the drums too. I used a degreaser on them and finished with several sprays with brake cleaner. This applies to new drums especially.
Rick
"Never time to do it right the first time, but always time to do it over."
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