JD450 brake bands

Is there any general preferance to the type of mounting for the brake band material and if so why?

I recently worked on one of the steering clutches on my machine. I found that one the bonded brake pads had come off of the metal brake band, thereby causing looseness and loss of function. I am considering replacing all the pads with thicker material (say 1/4"thick) that is rivetted with brass rivets (to save the outside of the drum). In my case where there would not be much more than a couple of hundred hours of use per year, I think this installation would work.

Have any of you tried with rivetted shoes, and if so how did they perform/last.

Thanks for any comments - all appreciated.

J.

Thanks for your comments - make sense. Sometimes we don't always see what others do, hence the need for questions and ideas.

J.