I'm going to mount 1940-48 juice brakes on my Model A with 1932 wire wheels. With the original drums the outer rim of the wheel hub rests squarely against the side of the drum, however with the type of new 1940-48 drums I'm thinking of buying there is a gap. This does not seem right. I will drive the car in dirt track races and want full support of the hub, or is this not necessary? Does anyone know? Would original 1940-48 drums work better, or is it the same issues also with those?
Nope. It's about the large diameter outer rim of the hub that on a model A, and I guess all wire wheel cars, rests on the flat side surface of the drum, so that the wheel hub is suppported both at the center of the hub and around its circumference. Here is a photo of the way it looks where the drum meets the wheel hub on my Model A with 1932 wheels. (Wheel hub black, drum grey) There is no gap.
Speedway sells wheel supports for the early Ford wheels to be used with 40-48 drums. Check the Speedway catalog or their web site catalog. ............................ Jack
I did this conversion on my model a and there are several vendors that sell the support spacers you need to support the wire wheels on the newer drums. Speedway comes to mind and some on the banger sites for sure. Klings I believe is one outfit has lots of parts for this conversion to make life easier. YRUHOT
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