Topic: Can we play "Name that Part" Brake Edition?

[OldZaskar]

I dug into the rear wheel - to inspect the brakes, bearings, etc. As expected, it was a mess - grease, dirt, brake dust, etc. So, I started carefully disassembling and cleaning the parts. Well, I thought I was being careful - but I missed these two. They were just laying there with the other pieces - and I didn't see where they fell from. And, I've gone through manuals/exploded views and parts lists (with pics) and can't find them.

Actually, I'm not even "them" is accurate - it could be an "it" that was torn in two. But, they are oddly similar to have ripped.

From the rear hub/brakes on a '73 CB500



Thanks!

[Bodi]

Not looking familiar. I think there should just be the two shoes and the springs in there. Could be wrong, of course.

[754]

Looks maybe like the felt seal on outside of brake shaft.. where it meet the arm.
 There is a recess in the backing plate, that it sits in.

[bryanj]

+1

[BenelliSEI]

+2....... nothing else even looks remotely like that!

[OldZaskar]

Well, I guess I should've added that it's rubber. Were rubber versions of those felt seals available in the aftermarket maybe?

[bryanj]

Nope and nothing rubber in the back brake of a 500

[jaytee-nz]

Looks like two separate pieces and not two halves of the same item. If you imagine the two pieces joined together, they don't form a circle.
Maybe the PO installed them for some reason ?
Are you sure it's a CB500 rear wheel ?

[754]

 We'll if you can't find felt, you use what you can .. see if it fits in there.