Re: [Amc-list] '65 American 330 - Front drums 9x2?

["Bruce Griffis" <bruce.griffis@xxxxxxxxx>]

That's exactly what mine had. 9x2 shoes inside 9x2.5 drums. Just got
replacement drums today, and they're 9x2.5 as well.

So - would that mean to upgrade to 9x2.5, I'd just need bigger shoes?
Maybe (or maybe not) bigger wheel cylinders? Not that I'd do it right
now - my shoes have less than 60 miles on them - but that would be
something to think about.

On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 3:34 PM, Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Apr 2008, Mike Kindle wrote:
>
>  >
>  > The 65 232 I had, had 9x2" shoes inside a standard 9x2-1/2" drum.
>  > That means it also had different backing plates to go with the 2" shoes.
>  > I wound up replacing them with 2-1/2" backing plates and shoes but I thought it strange that they had
>  > downgraded in this way.  It just meant there was a half inch of drum never being used.
>  > Maybe so they could call the full 2-1/2" setup heavy duty?
>  >
>  > I believe the 66 TSM referred to this option as 9x2".  Describing brake shoes rather than the drums.
>
>  It might have simply been that someone put the wrong drums on,
>  intentionally or otherwise...
>
>
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