Anybody out there who has converted a Bugeye to the later rear brakes with dual
acting cylinders?
I ran into a minor issue when I did this.
Basically when I was done swaping everythng over, the drums were locked up.
This was caused by the drums contacting
the backing plates. I think the step on the nose of the axle housings is
machined differently between the different years.
The doner axle in this case was a 74' with steel wheels.
I thought I might have missed something but I checked the manual and everything
was put together correctly.
My resolution was to throw the drums on the lathe and remove about .020 from
the back edge.
I also notice that the axle flanges get pretty darn close to the wheel
cylinders in this setup.
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