Shinn brake shoe dimensions

[Barney]

I will be getting 4 new shinn brake shoes from Classic Aero without the fittings on each end for my 46 BC12D. I have the fittings, but do not have a complete shoe to copy.
Does anyone have a drawing that will enable me correctly locate the fittings. Hopefully all shoes for the 46 BC12D are the same.
thanks.
Barney

[Blind_Lemon]

I can get you some dimensions in the morning.

BL

[Blind_Lemon]

Measured from the end of the shoe. Measured a few of them and all are about the same. Rivets centered.

BL

[Barney]

Thanks for the info. As it turns out, the new shoes from Classic Aero came predrilled.

[Schlitt]

I was rather hoping that the Shinn wheel setup left over from our BC12 after going to floats, would help us restore a pre-war Chief with bad right hand Shinn gear. So, I think we have some post-war Shinn stuff and other ea ly Taylorcraft parts to offer your group. I think the inside diameter of the wheels is smaller for the Taylorcraft and post-war Chief then the pre-war counterpart. The wheel castings look the same, but the difference really is the inside diameter, from what I can tell. I know they won't fit on these old Aeronca axles anyways. I'm hoping the brake guts are the same though. We're really running out of parts for this 65LA.

[Schlitt]

Looks like the wheels fit these axles that taper from 1 1/4" down to 7/8", then fitted with a 5/8" nut. I know the Shinn stuff fit here, as I have some of those parts left over and they fit on these gear legs.

[Schlitt]

Shinn plate overlay