55-7 Chevy brake drums?

are front and rear brake drums on 55-7 Chevys the same?..do the front drums come off the hubs?...seems like I was told this once.
thanks

 

no they are diff. front has bearing in them
wayne

 

...I know the hub would have the bearings, do the drum separate from the hubs?

...are 55-6-7 rear drums all the same?

 

It will once the studs are pressed out.

 

The front drums are riveted to the hub - studs are not swaged. Cut the rivets & the drum comes off.

 

Here's a good tip. Grind the rivets off of the front drums and remove them. Get a pair of hubs from a 62-67 fullsize Chevy and swap the old ball bearing style hubs up to the tapered roller bearing style! More reliable and easier to buy bearings and seals for! The drums slide right back on.

 

http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/x,carcode,1326394,parttype,1744

 

One word, Yes.

 

Fronts and rears are the same after you get past the riveted-to-the-hub thing on the front. Or you may be like me, and someone along the line chiseled them off before you got the car.

And Ratmotor has a great suggestion; its a cheap easy swap and makes life a lot easier later when you need new wheel bearings.

 

I changed my hubs on a 55 years ago to hubs fom a 62 chevy.Very
easy to do.As I remember Cl***ic Chevy mag ran a "How To".
Tom (Tired Old Man)

 

<P>FWIW, '65-ish Impala rear drums are good replacements for&nbsp;the '55-57 fronts. You don't have to rivet them back on either, but I recommend the swap to the later taped roller hubs.</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Bob</P>

 

...thanks for all the help guys

 

If you want a set of those hubs I have a pair w/ bearings in them for $35.00 plus shipping you do just remove the rivits and slide droms on.

Pat

 

If he doesn't want those hubs I'll take 'em for my 55

Scot

 

...I don't need those hubs, thanks

 

Hi any chance you still have those hubs?

 

Those trucks had 5 lug wheels?

 

No they are long gone, I price stuff to sell and everything I had is gone.

Pat

 

full size p***enger car shorty

 

Oh? So the hubs dont have to be from a truck? Id lke to convert to disks.. heard a couple low buck ways useing oem parts... i know i could go modern kits.. heard they space the wheels out further though... mark.

 

The hubs are 62 to 64 p***enger 65 and later don't work. And most of the disk brake kits do move the wheel out about an inch. I didn't particularly like that look but when I was selling 55-57 stuff most customers didn't seem to mind.

Pat

 

shorty you should look at trifive.com there is a bunch of info over there on disc brake set ups.