I just drilled out the rivets and JB welded on new friction material from McMaster Carr. Plenty of write-ups on it if you search. When I did mine only one side of my old brakes were working and the side that was not working had much more friction material on it and the brake rod was adjusted as far as it would go. I noticed that the sleeves were different lengths on the two sides. So I trimmed down the longer ones so they were the same on both side. Brakes work good now.
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