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Stoker280 · 10-18-2020, 06:37 AM

I am looking for new drums for a 1953 F250. Front and rear. I can find the rest of everything I need front LMC and or Mid Fifty. But the drums seem to be eluding me. They are 8 bolt. I can’t find any specific numbers either to help in my research.

Thank you

flatford8 · 10-18-2020, 07:35 AM

Try Chucks Trucks....a google search will find a website.....Mark

Bob C · 10-18-2020, 12:06 PM

The Ford parts book shows Front B5D-1125-A and the rear TBAA-1126-A.

rotorwrench · 10-18-2020, 01:00 PM

I think Chuck's has a drum that will work but the shoes have to match the drum as well.

hoss73ford · 11-09-2020, 07:07 PM

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As I remember the 1953-55 drums are 12 inch but the '56 on up fronts which are more readily available (they ran that size for years) are 12 1/8. I solved that by finding front 1956 F250 backing plates from a junkyard. This was some years ago. On the rear, I swapped axles from a later truck which had 4.10 gears as the original 1956 was 4.86 and too low of ratio for modern roads.

10-18-2020, 06:37 AM	#1
Stoker280 Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2020 Posts: 27	New brakes drums 1953 F250 I am looking for new drums for a 1953 F250. Front and rear. I can find the rest of everything I need front LMC and or Mid Fifty. But the drums seem to be eluding me. They are 8 bolt. I can’t find any specific numbers either to help in my research. Thank you

10-18-2020, 07:35 AM	#2
flatford8 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Lyman,ME. Posts: 3,024	Re: New brakes drums 1953 F250 Try Chucks Trucks....a google search will find a website.....Mark __________________ I'm thinkin' about crankin' My ragged ol' truck up and haulin' myself into town. Billy Joe Shaver…RIP

10-18-2020, 12:06 PM	#3
Bob C Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: So Cal Posts: 9,598	Re: New brakes drums 1953 F250 The Ford parts book shows Front B5D-1125-A and the rear TBAA-1126-A.

10-18-2020, 01:00 PM	#4
rotorwrench Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 18,006	Re: New brakes drums 1953 F250 I think Chuck's has a drum that will work but the shoes have to match the drum as well.

11-09-2020, 07:07 PM	#5
hoss73ford Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 142	Re: New brakes drums 1953 F250 Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) As I remember the 1953-55 drums are 12 inch but the '56 on up fronts which are more readily available (they ran that size for years) are 12 1/8. I solved that by finding front 1956 F250 backing plates from a junkyard. This was some years ago. On the rear, I swapped axles from a later truck which had 4.10 gears as the original 1956 was 4.86 and too low of ratio for modern roads.