I can weld good enough that they don't look like total boogers. I am going to look into that, to go disk brakes all around for less than $200 sounds good to me. Any favorite sites that sell the brackets, I will do a google search, but I always like to entertain companies that have a good reputation.
Pretty sure Jegs has the parts. Do a google for "Race car parts" as I know one of my circletrack buds showed me the parts for about $13 a pair in his parts book.
Brian is right, I can't believe all you other experts don't know that? It's always been, short shoe to the front whenever there are different lengths of shoe. Geez! This is automotive brakes 101.
Ian
shit, I deal w/ the drums on my truck about once every other year... and last summer was the last time I fooled with them. I do distinctly remember however that the short shoe on my truck had the longer friction on it.
-Bret
The steel frame work of the shoes are the same front side (primary) and back side (secondary) of the drum. The length of the friction material is what makes it a short or long shoe. That's the difference in them.
You can't have a short shoe with a long friction.
Brian
If you are saying (as I think you are) that the front shoe on your truck had the longer friction material....then you need to pull your rear brakes apart and put the long shoe to the rear side.
There are three catagories that I've seen. Long shoe, short shoe.. always the short shoe to the front.....same length material, "primary" and "secondary" printed on the metal frame to indicate which shoe is the front (primary).....and then same length material and it doesn't matter, either shoe can be the front or rear.
Ian
no, the frames are different.. these are the 11 5/32" X 2 1/2" drums.
-Bret
I'm saying that on my brakes (which my uncle, a mechanic of 30+ years exp. installed) the shoes only went on one way and I *think* the shoe that was physically shorter had the longer friction on it. however, I'm not pulling anything apart as my brakes work just fine (i.e. no wet weather grabbiness, tons of stopping power, etc.)
the brakes are the 11 5/32" X 2 1/2" drums used in LD 2500's the shoes were the mid level Albany's from AZ.
-Bret
The metal shoes are the same length!
Refinish King
Yeah, I'd agree. I've never run into GM brake shoes that have different size frames. It's always the lining that can differ in size, not the actual shoe.
Unless it's some one-off that I haven't run across...always possible.
Ian
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