1958 A-120 Brake Drum


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Post Tue Dec 05, 2017 9:50 am

1958 A-120 Brake Drum

I would like to get my rear brake drums turned on my 1958 A-120, RA-10 rear end with 12"x2" brakes. I was wondering if anyone had the "maximum diameter" specs for these drums.

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Post Wed Dec 06, 2017 12:01 pm

Re: 1958 A-120 Brake Drum

Brake drum maximum diameter dimension is typically cast into the edge of the drum.
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Post Wed Dec 06, 2017 7:20 pm

Re: 1958 A-120 Brake Drum

1975IH200 wrote:Brake drum maximum diameter dimension is typically cast into the edge of the drum.


It has been for a long time, but I don't know that they were doing that in 1958. I didn't find any diameter markings on the drums from my '56 S120.

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Post Wed Dec 06, 2017 7:46 pm

Re: 1958 A-120 Brake Drum

Unless they are so chewed up that you can never use them without taking them down to smooth. consider just smoothing them out a bit. even if there are rivet grooves, you can put a thicker material on the shoe itself and they will wear into the groves. Just my thoughts.

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Post Wed Dec 06, 2017 9:10 pm

Re: 1958 A-120 Brake Drum

In PA you can go 90 thousandth over size on truck drums. So 12 inches plus 90 in your case. Not sure if that's true for every state.

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Post Thu Dec 07, 2017 11:21 am

Re: 1958 A-120 Brake Drum

I did find the specification in the shop manual. It states .060" for brakes under 4" wide and .120" over 4"

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