Andrew, The pad that was on the shoes had a brass weave in it
But the shop told me this was hard to raduis So for the relining I too went with softer truck lining. As i don't put many miles on the carrier just WWII reenacments if I put 50 miles a year on the carrier it's a good year
Next week I will bring the carrier home from Jim Burrill's house.
He was helping me do some work on it as I know very little about the maintance of those little beasts. But now the steering and the brakes are done it's time to bring it home.
Our next WWII reenactment is in March so I will be ready for that
Big Steve K