Beemon Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 (edited) Title is explanatory. Looking for a set of aluminum 45 fin drums off of a 57 to 60 Buick with 2.5" shoes. These drums had the hubs for BALL BEARINGS and LUG BOLTS. Later 45 fin drums were 2.25" and used lug nuts. They must be useable, fin condition is irrelevant to me. Edited July 10, 2018 by Beemon (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fr. Buick Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Earlier hubs can be adapted to the later finned drums (the lug holes get drilled out a little larger), and I have a set of guide pins that will work for this set-up if interested... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buick man Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 … also this guy was relining the aluminum drums with new steel sleeves just a few years ago via a glue set operation rather then like the original cast in place method don't know if he is doing so today : J&G Drum Relining McHenry, IL. USA 815-276-2578 You are no doubt aware that the aluminum drums required the longer fine threaded bolt from that of the shorter standard drum bolt …. - uncle dave : 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beemon Posted July 10, 2018 Author Share Posted July 10, 2018 8 hours ago, Fr. Buick said: Earlier hubs can be adapted to the later finned drums (the lug holes get drilled out a little larger), and I have a set of guide pins that will work for this set-up if interested... They are still different drums that are not interchangeable. I put lug bolts instead of studs because there's a quarter inch difference in width between early and late 45 fin drums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g-g-g0 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 I see a pair with backing plates on the HAMB “parts for sale” this morning. Seem a bit pricy (but I really don’t know value) and they are on the right coast. Also check out V8 Buick as they show up there occasionally. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fr. Buick Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Oh, that's right, I stand corrected. I made the later drums work - much more available - by shaving a bit of metal off the outer lip of the brake plates and shimming the plates where they bolt to the spindle, so as to sit deeper into the drum and get complete shoe contact. On the longer bolts, CARS sells chromed ones now, for 9.50 each. The original longer bolts from Buick will have an F cast into the head. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buick man Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 …. or you really mean more like this and they say front because the front aluminum drum was longer than the standard front including the rear on either setup : 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fr. Buick Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 Well then, that's the second style I have seen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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