11. The brake shoes pivot at opposite points to each other. 12. The brake shoe contacts the tread of the steel wheel. 13. There are also some minor clips not pictured to keep the brake shoes in place. 14. Thus cantilever brake shoes are notoriously difficult to adjust. 15. I also do not understand brake shoes , or why it's so expensive to replace them. 16. As the brake shoes of a second-class cantilever brake wears, they ride lower on the rim. 17. The brisk calypso beat, tapped out on salvaged brake shoes , set both drummers and listeners dancing. 18. The brake shoes use a similar heat-tolerant friction material to the pads used in disc brakes. 19. Since there is no contact with a brake shoe or drum, there is no mechanical wear. 20. Each piston has a rubber seal and a shaft that connects the piston with a brake shoe .