I am looking for a way to replace my damaged rear drums with a different drum that is not over priced. I do not want to go disc on the rear now but the hours of searching with no results has started me on a search for a alternative. so far I have come up with 2 ideas, 1) is to use a earlier drum from a 70-73 5 lug and have a machine shop open up the center hole. this cuts the price of the drum in half and is on hand in my town 2) is it looks like a drum from a 90 Ranger is about the same except uses 2.5" shoes and some different wheel cylinders. this gets the price of a drum down to $40 and if the parts all fit my backing plates will cost about $120 for everything and be a lot easier to find Does anyone see problems I do not or have any other alternatives?
I got the rear disc set up from a '94 Grand Marquis at Pull-A-Part for $40, including the emergency brake cables. I had to re-flair my brake lines to fit the hose fittings. An hour or two later I was riding.
the correct drums are $96 bucks each and I ordered three different ones, had to come from 300 miles away and got the wrong ones each time what did you do about a master cylinder & booster
Let me do some research for you. If I still have a set on my old rear end from my 1974 Maverick you can have them. You just have to pay the shipping. Free to you. Let me check.
backround story boy I would like to thank all of you for the kind offers. schroensr thanks for the offer but I will have to decline as I would like to find some thing new that will last my lifetime or 20 years what ever comes first. Maverocket Your offer would of been more tempting 3 weeks ago when I was replacing my rear leaf springs that I had to cut out with a grinder sawzall and air chisel. Crazy Larry some where along the line Oriellys has messed up there listing as they are the ones that I tried to buy one through and they wanted $96 and tried to give me the wrong one three times. with the excuse that the # on the box matched the catalog. but the description did not match what was in the box not even close rthomas771 you have the best ideas of all the disk idea interests me enough to make me research that. ( how easy to find new replacement parts) as far as rock auto I would except with the oreilly problem I am a little afraid of trying to order one and get stuck with it since it is a close out if it is wrong. (like napa wrong or not I still pay the shipping ) the last part to this puzzle is I have a new drum for a early maverick that was $48 and I can get the center hole opened up the 1/2" that it is different for free at work or return before I cut it if another idea looks better. :16suspect
oh yea on the friends with the m/c answers did you have to do anything to the m/c like pull a valve from the outlets
thank you frank. does anyone know if there is any difference with using explorer set up over the mercury like spacers for the axle bearings
I did an Explorer set...had to do a lot of extra work...(drilling and spacing). the Crown Vic. and Marquise are a bolt on...
