Verify my brakes... (pics)
Question #1: Is there a thread or a diagram or something that lists how many different drum brake options there were from ..say.. 1965-73 for 7.25, 8.25, and 8.75 rear ends?
I've acquired two 8.75 rear ends this year.
The first one was a freebie. I was walking at a friend's house and tripped over it in a field of tall grass. After talking with some of his relatives, it turned out to be from a 1969 Road Runner which I verified it being a B-body length by checking the dimensions. It was pulled from the car in '70 or '71 and sat since. The car was scrapped. I also verified it as a sure-grip rear end with a 742 case. Unsure of ratio. I was told "You get it off of my property and you can have it." :angel4: --Gladly!
I pulled a drum off and it was like preserved in time. Damn near flawless and the brakes were like new. Cool.
Not bad for sitting in outside in Wisconsin for almost 40 years:
Fast forward a few months..
I was browsing Chicago's Craigslist ads and found an ad for an 8.75 rear end for an A-body. Complete drum-to-drum. I called the guy and arranged to check it out. Ended up picking it up for $275. 741 case with a locker. SBP. Came out of a '65 Barracuda which he had on the 2 post lift in his shop for me to see. Cool, again.
So my plans are to combine what I have into a nice little rear end. Going to take the A-body 8.75 and put the SG from the B-body into it. I'm also taking the brakes from the B-body (since they're bigger and LBP and my car has a 73+ disc swap in the front already) and putting them on the A-body 8.75, too. Now comes my question:
What brakes do I have here?
Pictures of the drums from each axle... the SBP A-body drum on the left, and the BBP B-body drum on the right.
The A-body drum has the big flange and flares out wide. The b-body has the spring all the way around it.
My A-body drum measures as this:
-10" inside diameter
-2" inside shoe surface
-1.75" brake shoe width
So my Question #2 is: Do I have 10x2 brakes or 10x1.75 since the shoes are 1.75 in width?
Pics:
Now for the B-body brakes:
Dimensions:
-11" inside diameter
-3" inside shoe surface
-2.5" brake shoe width
Question #3: Are these 11x3" brakes? Do they make a different 11" brake or is this the only one?
Pics:
I thank everyone for their help. :D
Question #1: Is there a thread or a diagram or something that lists how many different drum brake options there were from ..say.. 1965-73 for 7.25, 8.25, and 8.75 rear ends?
I've acquired two 8.75 rear ends this year.
The first one was a freebie. I was walking at a friend's house and tripped over it in a field of tall grass. After talking with some of his relatives, it turned out to be from a 1969 Road Runner which I verified it being a B-body length by checking the dimensions. It was pulled from the car in '70 or '71 and sat since. The car was scrapped. I also verified it as a sure-grip rear end with a 742 case. Unsure of ratio. I was told "You get it off of my property and you can have it." :angel4: --Gladly!
I pulled a drum off and it was like preserved in time. Damn near flawless and the brakes were like new. Cool.
Not bad for sitting in outside in Wisconsin for almost 40 years:
Fast forward a few months..
I was browsing Chicago's Craigslist ads and found an ad for an 8.75 rear end for an A-body. Complete drum-to-drum. I called the guy and arranged to check it out. Ended up picking it up for $275. 741 case with a locker. SBP. Came out of a '65 Barracuda which he had on the 2 post lift in his shop for me to see. Cool, again.
So my plans are to combine what I have into a nice little rear end. Going to take the A-body 8.75 and put the SG from the B-body into it. I'm also taking the brakes from the B-body (since they're bigger and LBP and my car has a 73+ disc swap in the front already) and putting them on the A-body 8.75, too. Now comes my question:
What brakes do I have here?
Pictures of the drums from each axle... the SBP A-body drum on the left, and the BBP B-body drum on the right.
The A-body drum has the big flange and flares out wide. The b-body has the spring all the way around it.
My A-body drum measures as this:
-10" inside diameter
-2" inside shoe surface
-1.75" brake shoe width
So my Question #2 is: Do I have 10x2 brakes or 10x1.75 since the shoes are 1.75 in width?
Pics:
Now for the B-body brakes:
Dimensions:
-11" inside diameter
-3" inside shoe surface
-2.5" brake shoe width
Question #3: Are these 11x3" brakes? Do they make a different 11" brake or is this the only one?
Pics:
I thank everyone for their help. :D
