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Old May 21st 19, 06:43 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Tost Lilliput brake question

Vintage Brake is great, but I’m thinking your a do it yourself guy. You can “ spike” your shoes, by gluing 40 grit sandpaper to the drum, then actuate the brake and hand spin it around the drum. This will take a while, but eventually the shoes will match your drum. Spiking is the most important thing to get good breaking. As delivered, most shoes only touch one end of one pad, little wonder the breaking action sucks!
Have fun and don’t forget to remove the sandpaper,
JJ