Two Piece Front Hub/Drum Assembly

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So it looks like all six cylinder drum brakes were two piece. Anyone taken a late V-8 drum/hub apart? I never paid attention to drums that much before -- the only new ones I ever bought came with a hub, and I don't even recall what make/model/year the car was! Matt is likely right -- all are two piece units. I'd just like some confirmation before I put that in print somewhere. Seems like it might be cheaper to make them in one piece, but then making them two piece means the drums could be used front or rear with possibly a little machine work -- center hole might be different sizes. 

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Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 23:04:02 -0500
To: mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx
From: Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Fwd: Pacer Suspension:

Replacements are just the drum. The hub is removed by pressing out the 
wheel studs from the old drum assembly. Kennedy American's catalog (I know, 
hardly authoritative) lists two 9" six cylinder front drums:58-72 and 73-76 
(I'm going to guess 76 was the last year for front drums). I know that the 
10" front drums on my former Rebel were also two piece and I would assume 
that they were also two piece for all years they were offered. I've always 
been under the impression that one piece front drums were the exception on 
US cars.

Matt