Re: wide 5 brakedrum
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Originally Posted by RB
Some 2 piece wide 5 safety hubs use the alum steel lined drums very near like the buick however are already drilled with the fore mentioned wide 5 pattern & as said should be a near direct fit on a ford two piece type drum. Using a regular buick small bolt pattern drum would require extensive reworking & serious thought to re-drill the bolt pattern as you may by now realize. Ron
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Actually the conversion using the original Buick drums is not difficult all that's needed is a lath large enough to swing the brake drum. Using the lath all the work is based off the drums inner lining so a true center line is now established for the final machining step. The location to the Ford hub and the needed dimension is easy to determine since there's a shoulder used to locate the original Ford drum to the wide five hub. All that's needed is measure the diameter from the Ford drum or the locating position on the Ford hub. Overall this is an easy back yard Hot Rod modification that was done by thousands of guys who raced their stock cars and did the work themselves when needed.
Ronnieroadster
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