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Originally Posted by earlyride
Normally the longer shoe goes to the rear, are the lockheed brakes different than, lets say bendix or any other shoe brand? Just asking
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Yes, Lockheed is a double anchor design; while Bendix is a single anchor, self-energizing design.
If you look at the Lockheed brake the front shoe pushes into it's anchor and does the most of the work when stopping; thus the larger piston and longer lining.
With the Bendix brake the leading shoe drives into the trailing shoe which pushes into the anchor; the trailing shoe does more of the work so the lining is longer.