Hi all I’m wondering what hubs/drums/discs fit early ford spindles. I have a model t body lined up and would like to build it more traditional but if it gets me rolling I’m willing to use disc brakes if needed.
'39-'48 Ford Lockheed & repop Lincoln Bendix brakes along with matching early Ford hubs & drums (repop drums and hubs are available), '48-'52 F-1 & '53-'56 F-100 Bendix brakes with matching F series hubs & drums, and all manner of disc brakes with bearing adapters and caliper brackets. If you want wire wheels stick with Lockheed or Lincoln; otherwise you need thick ugly spacers; bad news for scrub radius. If you want wide 5 stick with Lockheed or Lincoln and original Ford wide 5 drums are the only thing available. Avoid '36 fronts.
Wires are non existent even if I am in a city where Kelsey Hayes had a factor and so did ford. Thinking this is going to more or less be a take what I can get thing. Funny enough I had a set of ford wide 5 axles(36) at a friend’s house I wasn’t able to get up there before he moved and he s****ped them sadly complete drums wheels front I beam and rear banjo. this will probably be a tube frame as I don’t like the look of the model a frames kicking around here fairly junk.
I am putting 36 rear axel and 36/39 brakes on my 31 and what I mean is 36 drums and 39 backing plates.
37–’48 Ford spindles are the common base Drums: use ’40–’48 Ford hubs/drums (traditional) Discs: use a bolt-on kit (often GM or Mustang II based) Don’t mix random parts - use matched setups
Good to note sadly those axles I had have been recycled now. I had read about Buick drums being used too.
I used MT Brakes on my 40 Ford. Bought new backing plates, drums, Bendix brakes Bought them from Gary at Cornhuskers Rod and Custom.
I used MT Brakes on my 40 Ford. Bought them from Gary at Corn Huskers years ago. Here's the site. Cornhusker Rod & Custom I am pretty sure he now gives a discount to HAMB and Fordbarn members. Excellent product. Use your original FORD rear wheel bearings as the repros are not hardened properly.
Just when I think I know everything I never know enough what's wrong with the 36 front drums... Why do I got a feeling or something wrong with them that's probably what I got sitting in the shed stored away for a future project that I may never get to lol On that note how do I identify them?
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Would 66 f100 hubs work? I think the drums are similar enough to work according to a few threads on here.
Nope; the inner bearing bore is to small to fit any bearing cup and cone that would fit an early spindle. Don't know specifics on the backing plates; but from pictures, they don't look very suitable.
'36 front backing plates are in set quite a bit and as a result the hubs have a deep offset and will hit a juice brake backing plate well before the inner bearing is seated. Once you look at a few drums; it is pretty recognizable that the center snout sticks out a lot further than '37-'39 wide 5 drums. '36 back drums work. Some of the wide 5 drums are two piece units. We have removed "good" drums from two piece '36 fronts and used them on later hubs that had "bad" drums.
That’s like $1800 for a kit I’m not in the states I’m a stones throw almost literally but Canuck bucks is what I make. F100 seems to be the best option for drums or go with ECI basic kit and use rotors and calipers sourced local.
I have a realistic budget of about $4000 or so for the time being. I’m a scrounger so finding bits to make it all work isnt much of an issue just stuff doesn’t see available these days normally theirs tons of 30’s 40’s and 50’s parts local or semi local. Sheet metal and a few other things I can scrounge up to make work my favourite floor pan replacement is either heavy sheet metal shelving or window init air conditioner bottoms both being about 16ga.
Thanks when I get into my shed now I got to look because I seriously had no idea there was any differences I just grabbed the stuff when I see it at the state sales and squirrel it away out of the weather until I need it or a friend needs it.
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