Need Used 9" front DRUMS...didnt know new drums would screw me up!!

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So I put on new drums and shoes and hardware on the front of my 66 dodger dart and now they are squealing and making horrendous pulsating noise.

My buddy who I should have had do them, told me I should have just cut the from drums because the lug nuts act like rivets that hold the drum to the hub if you dont rivet the drum then it'll pulsate like hell. He said get used drums, change the bearings, the wheel cylinders and the change all the hardware the process is called Swadging.

So does anyone have any used 9" front drums preferably cut already.

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I think your diagnosis is BS. Lots of rear drums are not swedged. I have seen fronts such as on pickups and 4x4s that slip on just like the rears.

Did you have them turned? Did you check them for out of round? Has anybody been whanging on anything, AKA bent, damaged? How did you get the original swedges off? You can screw up the HUBS if you are not careful

In this day and age of China's version of QC, I would suspect the drums themselves as well

Spoiler alert. I am 76. I spent nearly 15 years at two different parts stores, and I have literally turned THOUSANDS of drums and rotors. All the way from Fiat/ VW bugs to over the road heavy truck/ trailers. You know, like air brakes. I have also relined a few shoes, here and there.
 
67Dart273 said:
I think your diagnosis is BS. Lots of rear drums are not swedged. I have seen fronts such as on pickups and 4x4s that slip on just like the rears.

Did you have them turned? Did you check them for out of round? Has anybody been whanging on anything, AKA bent, damaged? How did you get the original swedges off? You can screw up the HUBS if you are not careful

In this day and age of China's version of QC, I would suspect the drums themselves as well

Spoiler alert. I am 76. I spent nearly 15 years at two different parts stores, and I have literally turned THOUSANDS of drums and rotors. All the way from Fiat/ VW bugs to over the road heavy truck/ trailers. You know, like air brakes. I have also relined a few shoes, here and there.
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Fair. Ill have them checked to see if the chinese drums I put on are in fact not round or bent or damaged.
 
Since you already have the drums, most machine shops should be able to swedge the drums to the hubs/studs. Then have them turned AFTER they are together. You'd be shocked how out of whack they can be sometimes.
Alternatively, put the drums on the hubs and tighten them together with the lug nuts upside down (taper facing out) and a couple of flat washers. Then have them turned. When you take the nuts off, mark the drum (a smudge of paint on the drum and an adjacent stud) to make sure it goes back on the car the same way as when it was turned.
 
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