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By B-rad - 3 Years Ago
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Been trying to find shoes for the front of my 54 Lincoln Capri. Rears are all over the place online but front are nowhere to be found. Any ideas?
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By MoonShadow - 3 Years Ago
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Take the shoe measurements to a good parts store. They should be able to find some that will fit. My local NAPA is always good for matching.
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By alanfreeman - 3 Years Ago
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The Lincoln Mercury Old Parts Store has them but they are pricey @ $175.00.
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By B-rad - 3 Years Ago
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What about relining them? Is that done anymore? Or not worth the trouble?
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By B-rad - 3 Years Ago
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I called O'Reilly's asking for the front shoes. I told them I can find rears but not fronts. He said we got them. Order today and they'll be here in the morning. That was yesterday. I went there to pick them up. $37? What a bargain. I asked him to look up the tears to see the difference. He looked at my order and said they were the rear ones. Couldn't find any numbers for the front ones either. What a pisser. I'll probably go with the kanter $70 ones, just to be sure I get them. I have the wheels off the car and the engine should be back next week, so I want to make sure I can get it back together again to move it outta the garage so I can get the engine in the garage then push the car in to prep for engine install.
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By miker - 3 Years Ago
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I don’t know about AZ, but up here relining shoes is a truck shop deal. Or maybe a truck place that does a lot of motor home work. There’s still some older units out there with drums in the real heavy stuff.
You might try posting that on the HAMB, just a “54 Lincoln reline brake shoes”. There’s some members in that area that might post an answer. You a member there?
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By B-rad - 3 Years Ago
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I believe I am a member. I've been mostly on the y block forum since I am mostly doing engine work now plus there doesn't seem to be a lot of old Lincoln people on this or hamb. Kinda a specialty vehicle. Thought I might get some info on some other sites out there that might carry parts for it.
One of the shoes I took off is almost like new, lining remaining I mean. The other was almost gone. Seems like the brakes were out of adjustment. If they were both almost full, I would look into cleaning them up and roughing them up to reuse them, but... Twasn't to be.
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By MoonShadow - 3 Years Ago
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Did miss something? These are the shoes you need for $70 from a well known old car parts shop.
Front and rear shoes appear to be 12" in diameter. You would still need to measure the shoe width as they may vary.
https://www.kanter.com/i-30563729-brake-shoes-1954-1957-lincoln-all-models-front-set-of-4.html#!year%3D1954%7C%7Cmake%3DLINCOLN
Found this listing at Kanter out of NJ.
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By alanfreeman - 3 Years Ago
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Front shoe width should be 2 1/2". Rear shoe width 2".
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By B-rad - 3 Years Ago
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Yes. They seem to be the same except for the width. Front are wider by maybe 1/2"
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By 62bigwindow - 3 Years Ago
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https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/social-forums/1952-59-ford-social-group.282/
Sign up to be a HAMB member if you haven't already. Then join this social group. This topic has come up alot.
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By Hoosier Hurricane - 3 Years Ago
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Brad:
Maybe I can help with your brake shoe problem. First, let me say that on my '53 Ford F350, I found some Oldsmobile brakes that matched the Bendix design of the Ford brakes, and fit and work perfectly. However my brakes are 11 inch instead of 12 as your Lincoln.
Now, here is a list of 12 x 2 1/2 brakes by Bendix I find in my old NAPA parts book. The 2 or3 digit number is the rebuilders number, preceed that number by RS for riveted linings, B for bonded.
305R; '60-'68 Ford F-250 2 WD, front.
74; '54-'57 Lincoln
65; '58-'60 Buick Electra
65 and 69A and127; '52-'59Cadillac Series 62, '58 Pontiac with HD axle
419; '65-70 scrub truck C20 with leaf springs
357R: '71-74 IHC Series 1210
All are Bendix design they will have minor differences in construction. Hope this helps.
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By B-rad - 3 Years Ago
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I looked at Napa for rs74, which you showed would be for 54 Lincoln and they couldn't find it. Am I using the wrong numbers ? I'll probably go with Kanter for their shoes. They're reputable and free shipping
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By Hoosier Hurricane - 3 Years Ago
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The RS 74s are the ones all the stores are coming up with as not available. The other numbers are possible choices for substitutes For instance, the 60s Ford truck shoes would have holes in the web to accomodate self adjusters, but wouldn't interfere with the installation on your Lincoln. Some of the GM shoes may have extra holes also.
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By paul2748 - 3 Years Ago
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There is a shop in Connecticut that relines old shoes. They can even give you a lining that is better in stopping.
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