Re: Ambassador brakes revisisted

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> It seems that it may be possible to put the front Ambassador drums onto the rear and change to the 2 1/2" brake shoes! The stock rear shoes are 1 3/4". I think that the most that may be required is to possible add a shim behind the backing plate to move it out 1/8" or so.

Don't forget that the backing plates on the rear hold the axle end
play shims in place...