original rear brakes shoes 68,69 camaro
 

Did the original rear brake shoes have a grove machined in them.I have a set of original shoes from my 69z and the front shoes (rear brakes) has a groove about a 1/2 wide machined in it.Is this the true original shoes??? thanks John

Re: original rear brakes shoes 68,69 camaro
 

Thats them..my COPO still the originals when I restored it

Re: original rear brakes shoes 68,69 camaro
 

Here's a picture of one, date code printed on the auto brake adjuster too.

Mike

Re: original rear brakes shoes 68,69 camaro
 

how do u read the date codes on the brakes?

Re: original rear brakes shoes 68,69 camaro
 

Ed,

I found what I believe is a Julian date on the automatic brake self-adjuster. In my car it has 093 stamp painted on both the left and right sides which crosses over to April 3, 1969 which is the build date for my BV rearend.

I saw this same type of stamp in pictures that Brian from SCW posted a while ago. That got me to look a little harder at what I had.

I may be wrong on this but I would guess the backing plates were assembled off the rearend and then installed before the axles and the rear cover.

My question for John Z would be about the painting process of the rearend. Would the E brake cables, hard and soft brake lines have been on the rearend before the paint was applied?

Mike

Re: original rear brakes shoes 68,69 camaro
 

Thanks for the pic and info - humm, will have to look at my 69 Z as well.