The front drums I have are outta spec and rusted beyond belief. Here's a couple of questions: 1) Are there any later model drums I could replace them with? Mid '50s drums are stupidly expensive! 2) How to seperate the drums from the hubs - BFH? 3) I wanna run production car 14" steel wheels with a 5 on 5" pattern, or smaller (yes, I know I'll have to redrill) but the snout for the wheel bearings on the hub is almost 3-1/2" in diameter at the base. Are there any production cars that run a wheel with a 5 on 5", 5 on 4-3/4" or 5 on 4-1/2" pattern that has a center hole large enough to accomodate that snout? No discs for me. I want this to be somewhat traditional. Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks!
A good machine shop can make anything fit. Find a knowledgable parts guy and look through his interchange catalogs. Lots of stuff fits other stuff with a little modification. good luck
You need to find someone with a Hollander's Interchange manual. At least this will bump you back up so maybe someone else will know.
2) On the outside, heat the area around and between the studs with a torch, good and hot. I also used penetrating oil on the inside between the hub and drum a few days before the heat. I started the nuts on the studs, and when hot I used a BFH on the nuts.
They used the same front drums on F-100 from '53 to the early '60's. They are available from most auto parts stores. You can find them priced starting around $50 on up depending on brand and country of origin.
Imperial wheels, both steel and wire spoke, are all 15" but do have the 5 on 5.5" circle pattern and are narrow rim width at 7", this applies through the 50s and 60s.
I agree with rusty bill, the '57 Imperial 14x7" wheel was the hot setup back in the '60s, and is what I ran on my '56 f-100. They might have been a one-year-only wheel, but they were 14".
NAPA has new brake drums to fit your F-100 for reasonable money http://www.napaonline.com/Catalog/C...NDA4401070_0325242436&An=0&Ar=AND(P_RecType:A)
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