Good luck trying to find oversize linings. The brake shoes are made for a 12" brake drum. As the drum get turned it gets larger in diameter. In the beginning the "New" shoes will only be contacting the center part of the shoes & braking will be very poor & also cause the brakes to overheat very quickly. If after 5000 miles you pull the drums off to check the shoes you will see that all the contact is in the middle & little or NO contact on the ends. So the center of the shoes could be worn down to the rivets & the ends still have plenty of material left. Especially today with the formulation of the new shoes where little to NO asbestos is used in linings any longer the car will have very poor braking capabilities. Used to be that back in the day you could get 1/4" oversize linings as there was that much "Meat" in the drums. On your "Cat" you can go safely to .090" oversize & still be safe with enough material left in the drum. They had a tool where you could "Contour" grind the linings right on the car. I still have mine, but haven't used it for a LONG time. Just make sure the linings you get are "Riveted" & not bonded.
Tom T.
Tom Telesco
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Norwalk, CT 06853-1601
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