Job Description:

• 1) Sets up and operates brakedrum lathe to resurface automotive brakedrums, and operates grinding machine to grind brakeshoe linings: Clamps hub and drum on lathe spindle and adjusts cutting tool to machine drum surface.

• 2) Starts spindle and feeds tool into drum by hand, or adjusts automatic feed mechanism.

• 3) Measures drum to verify specified dimensions, using calipers, drum gauge, or micrometer.

• 4) Clamps brakeshoe on grinder and grinds lining to specified arc as determined by new diameter of drum.

• 5) May replace defective brake cylinders and fill master brake cylinder with brake fluid.

• 6) May mount wheel on axle and adjust drumshoe clearance.