Thread: Brake drums for a 9in

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I bought this 9in for my international kb2 project a couple months ago, and had been accumulating parts for a rebuild. Well I took the drums in a couple weeks ago to have them turned, well they were egg shaped and they chucked them before I had time to get them 2 days later. I ran the code on the tag of the rearend, and it said it was out of a mid sixties to a 70 ford f100. Ok, cool, well when I orderd the drums and went to install them last night to button up my project for the day, I noticed they were about an inch too deep. So after spending hrs at my local checkers with nothing figured out I figured it was time to ask some experts. The drums I returnd were 3" by 11 and the pad that were installed were 1 3/4 wide, and the only way that I got the pads was the guy working at auto zone just started pulling all pads off the shelf untill we found the right pair. So Anyone with any Idea what vehical would have use this narrow of a pad please help me out... Thanks alot... I need it.

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the old f150 used a thinner drum . you need to go back older on the year . maybe mid 70s to late 70s they went to the wider drum . sounds like to me there book did not go back past the 80s so they sold you what they had not what you needed as for shoes for the back of your truck you need them shoes. i do know or have been told the front f150 70s front shoe will work in the 57 T bird rear end that what the part man told me on the t bird rear end. i did some time ago

If your rear end is still using the 5x5.5 bolt pattern of the Ford pickups, try getting drums from a late 50's early 60's F100 9". I think they switched to wider brakes in 67 with the body style change.

Thanks, yeah it is a 5 X 5.5 bolt pattern. I was going to go through there books at checkers tonight after work. I will check out the those years, much appreciated!

There were some different widths on the F100. I remember having a 67 in the shop and we had hell finding the right drums, 68 and up were all we could find and they didn't fit.
I can't believe the threw your stuff away after 2 days, that isn't right.