Jd 212 brake band replacement

[racsan]

Hello, i have a 77 jd 212 garden tractor, 12hp kohler. The brake lining is missing from the brake band, i waited a month for a new brake band from john deere, gave up and got some lining from ebay. What can i use to attach the lining to the band? Id think rivits would be best, but dad suggested jb weld. What will work? Thanks.
Dave

[Deere2me]

I would use an epoxy such as EPOXO-88, which is a pretty flexible/flowable two part epoxy. I use that chit on everything! If yer gonna glue it , be sure and rough up and clean the surfaces.
Riveting will work also, but gluin' is easier.

[bobodu]

If you rivet it, you would have to come up with some way to countersink the heads. I'm not real convinced that JB Weld is that good of an adhesive.

[grunt]

Brass flat head rivets would also be advisable if you go with that method. Steel rivets will score the brake drum when the lining wears down.