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I’d have to recommend against a move that foolish – do you really want your brake’s friction material to be glued to their backing? For years I worked on cars, staying far away from bonded pads or shoes – rivets are the only way to go. The question now is why in the hell did the shop I used to work at use bonded shoes on my truck last February? Chances are, I’ll never know the answer to that question. What I do know is that I spent several hours with my truck up on jackstands replacing my drums and shoes – on blacktop, in the Georgia sun. Seeing as the truck was up in the air, I went ahead and rotated my tires while I was at it.

This is obviously worthless without pics, so I’ll inline a few photos to illustrate exactly what happened.

What you see here, is what I saw immediately upon removing the drum from my axle. For those of you that do not know already – the friction material is supposed to be at 3 o’clock and 9 o’clock – not 6 and 12, or rather 12 and on the floor.

Again, this is what a shoe back looks like when the friction material comes unglued. Of course had the friction material been riveted in place, the chances of what you see here happening are slim to none.

Friction material, on the floor – exactly where it doesn’t belong! Oh the joy.