sympathy for whom? My funeral will be a celebration of DEATH!! (cue heavy metal)
but seriously, I take the words of caution with great merit. Until 72blunblu messaged me and said the actual "why" you dont run a wider drum than shoe.....i just didnt know man. I am not a person you can say "well you don't do this because you dont......it wont work....well......WHY? This great forum is limited to its words only and although I feel I have a lot of logic and knowledge when it comes to mechanics, I didnt know the drum kept the lateral movement of the shoe.
Learn somethin new everyday.
On another note since I have 11x2 backing plates and those drums are tough to find AND I am taking it to an exhaust shop on friday.....
I will rob some brake assemblies off of another 8 3/4. I didn't want to start robbing off of a complete diff if possible, but.....safety.