Just curious if anyone is running these on their cars. At $40 a wheel for backing plates, shoes, cylinders and hardware, I can't imagine it would be too hard to mount them to the spindle. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=320064042775&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=011
I know this was talked about on here, but I just spent 10 minutes searching for it - it must be buried in another thread instead of its own thread. I think it would be adaptable w/o too much problem...
Wonder if you could run these with Buick drums...and what the backing plates look like from the other side... Steve
well, first off they will only work on the fronts. no E-brake setup. second, what's going to happen when you need new wheel cylinders or shoes? sure it might save you a couple bucks over ford backing plates but then you have to cut them up to make them fit
What's your point? Cuttin stuff up is what most of us do.LOL Besides that,how many sets of Buick drums have ya seen on rears anyway?
they make all the parts to rebuild one of those setups. when i was in auto shop i had to rebuild a setup on a horse trailer.
Agree. Bendix parts are all pretty interchangeable/available. $300 a set less than other 12" backing plate options, is worth a little trouble.
two sets one 45 fin set on the back of my 28 and one 90 fin set on the back of my 32 I've done two other sets of rears, one for my uncle and another for a car he was building for a client.
I'm using a 47 ford banjo rear with the stock backing plates. when you put them in the brake lathe you just have to clearance the drum a bit for the backing plate. doesn't take very long but makes a HELL of a noise. I did mine in my vocational high schools brake lathe. all the other kids in my cl*** wanted to kill me when I started taking the clearance cut. everyones ears rang for hours
The rear drums on my '67 Jeep Gladiator have no e-brake setup in them from the factory. It has a driveshaft e-brake. There are ways around the e-brake problem. The simplest is a manual gearbox. Shawn
why is that? some suzuki samuri's and older ones have tcase mounted ebrakes and p*** the BC MVI and I have had built a few toyota 4x4's with custom t case mounted disk brake ebrakes and had them p*** MVI.
Just ordered two pairs - gonna give 'em a try with my Buick drums...think I smell a tech post comin'... Steve
Sorry man, my truck was sold in BC when it was new. The MVB can't simply change their minds about what is/was legal and what isnt. If the factory set it up that way and it was approved and sold when new, it's still legal. That's like saying they will bust me for not having shoulder belts and airbags. Trust me, I've been through this **** with V.I.'s before. Shawn
Hey hemisteve, I've been checking this out and it sems to me that the $4o+ 12x2's are single servo, i.e. do not work in reverse(for baking up trailers). I ordered a pair of dual servos for $80+ each to try on '38 Chev spindles..we'll see. Maybe the single servos will work fine if you don't use them on all four wheels..or race in reverse..don't want you to back into trouble.
Ironhead.....good eye to spot that. You are correct, those are "free backing" style to allow for backing a trailer with surge brakes.
Trailer brakes (Dexter 12x2) arrived. Bummer..not going to work with Buick drums without milling the backing plates down from 14" to clear the finned rim..back they go. Scored a pair of recently rebuilt '55 Buick fronts at the swaps..12x2 1/4..fit real nice..even bolt up to the Chev spindle..ahhhh.
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