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The victim
They seemed to be doing their job, I guess.
The old ones were looking pretty rough, so I had a new set from Old Britts waiting for me to find some time to put them in. I had new brake shoe ready to go since I'd be in that deep to the rear wheel.
As has been mentioned the old rubber were just that, rubbery. The new one are something more similar to polyeurathane. I hope Joe can chime in with the details of what the originals were made of and why the change. You can deform the old one with your fingers, not so much the new ones.
I had to tap the new ones in with a mallet.
Once the wheel was back in position there was no easy way to get the spacer back in. I discovered that if I put the spacer to the side and tightened the axle it pulled the brake tangs into the cush rubbers. I then pulled the axle back out and was able (with more effort) get the spacer back in. No need to sand or shave the cush rubbers down at all. I just had a little WD40 as a light lubricant.
All back together.
Next project is instrument lights, waiting for a package this week.