Lathe TE500

The turning of the brake shoes, with regards to the previously taken internal diameter of the drum, allows to obtain a perfect matching between shoes and drum for the full braking efficiency from the beginning. The operation is executed on the same direction of the wheel rotating direction in order to compensate eventual clearances.

Moreover, it is extremely easy and fast the positioning of the lathe on the wheel hub.

TE500 has to be centered to the wheel hub by means of small centering blocks positioned on the connecting aluminum bell. Diameter and shape of the different sets of small centering blocks is related to the characteristics of the vehicle