cleaning oily brake shoes. Possible ?

[montmil]

Boiling the brake shoes is a dangerous indoor sport. Try it at your peril. I used my Coleman camp stove... outside.

Does that that 5L oil can have the bottom soldered in place? Uh Oh.

[Bob_Roller]

Experiment over for me, one of the shoes friction linings disbonded form the metal shoe .

So I need to get another set of rear brake shoes .

I don't think the hot water had anything to do with the disbonding, the other shoe is fine .

[georgesgiralt]

Go to a truck repair shop and ask where they get the shoes re lined. They will rebond or reline your shoes for wayyy less than BMW ask for a new set.
I used to work next door to such a shop and, at that time, never bought OEM brake shoes...

[Bob_Roller]

I've found EBC rear brake shoes for around $55US online free shippng .

Think I'll go with that .

[Olliepup]

I had grease on the front brake shoes of my '64 Lambretta scooter. Tried everything; soaking for a week in degreaser, soaking in lacquer thinner, mineral spirits, etc. No luck.

[Bob_Roller]

I did try using an ultrasonic cleaner about a year ago on a set of brake shoes, looked promising, but the sonic past of the cleaner quit and it was not worth the cost to repair it .

I was using Simple Green soap didn't foam up with use in the cleaner .

[steve hawkins]

I had a leak from my final drive onto my brake shoes.  I cleaned them off with spirit and re- installed them.  They still work after a fashion i.e. they still bite.
And they will go through the MOT with them.  Perhaps they are not quite a powerful, but the I have twin disk Brembo setup on the front, where most of my braking is carried out.

[Barry]

I had a leak from my final drive onto my brake shoes.I cleaned them off with spirit and re- installed them.They still work after a fashion i.e. they still bite.
And they will go through the MOT with them.Perhaps they are not quite a powerful, but the I have twin disk Brembo setup on the front, where most of my braking is carried out.  

I'm not a fan of an overly powerful rear brake so I'd probably do the same.  

[tvrla]

You know, when grease and oil dries out it gets really sticky! I figure that if I can remove most of the contaminants, the rest will eventually dry out and burn off.

I also don't see much use for the rear brake since it does only about 30% of the work. I guess for touring or sidecar duty, a powerful rear brake would come in handy, but for solo use, a disc is over-kill. The drum brakes have always been plenty for me.

I've cleaned up brake pads and shoes several times in the past and they worked fine afterwards. Don't recall what I used, may have been carb cleaner or laundry soap. Maybe Lacquer thinner. But afterwards they were light colored after a little sanding.