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Re: [oletrucks] Rear end install

To: MASK4335@aol.com
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Rear end install
From: Grant Galbraith <trks@javanet.com>
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 21:07:50 -0400
Huck brake drums use a larger center hole than the later bendix. If I recall
correctly they also have a different profile where they meet the backing plate.

Grant 50 3100

MASK4335@aol.com wrote:

> Finally got the old closed drive rear out of my '48 today.  Getting ready to
> install the '57 open drive rear in the near future.  I need to know about
> brake drums.  Will my '48 drums interchange with the '57 drums?  The ones
> from my '48 are great, but the '57 drums are not so good.  I guess the best
> thing I can do is try to swap them and see what happens, but I would like to
> know for sure.  I do have the rest of the '48 rear brakes that are in good
> shape if anyone needs them.  The wheel cylinders were rebuilt last year and
> the shoes are good too.  All the hardware is serviceable.
> Mike Klepp
> '48 3100
> Wichita Falls, TX
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959



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