I have a set of front ford drums and backing plates , but I need to know what year they are ? "I'm guessing early 40's " So I can order my pads and parts to use them ! Here is a pix. Thanks guys !!!!
yeahs its the 40's early...because the hubs are outside the drums i think. probably id the exact years if you show the back of the spindles. round vs square.
The backing plates look like my 1940. I have had 3 or 4 40 front ends and noticed differences in the drums, so i can't ID yours. And if you are getting wheel cylinders, ask for the later ones with the bigger 1-3/8 front facing piston. Stock 40 was 1-1/4".
I have a set of 48's on the front of my car now , and they are smaller diameter and the hub don't seem to stick out as far as these do . I just want to get my parts ordered ! Lol !
Ill agree with that, the hubs are 42-48, earlier ones go in the inside of the drum. those are the ones you want for buick brakes.
The only '48 Ford brakes that were smaller than the 12" brakes pictured in the first post were the 11" F-1 pick-up truck brakes. Actually the '39-'41 had the adjustable lower anchor pins and the '42-'48 had the fixed lower anchor pins as the plate in the picture.
The 39-48 Ford hydraulic brakes are all 12" ID drums. The pictured drum/hub assembly is a 42-48 and so is the pictured backing plate.
Yeah,the ones on my car now are F1 , but just wasn't sure what these were .The ones in this pix I posted are square back spindles .
then looks like i am wrong! ,remind me not to try and answer techincal questions after i have had a few drinks,lol
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