Oversized Brake Drums

Bite the bullet and have your drums relined by J&G. And, while your at it have the shoes relined with semi metallic composite and arched for each respective wheel. I had this done by these folks for my 37 LaSalle. This is not a garage shop. They know what they're doing. I can now drive at highway speeds and feel under control.
 
Frank Miller said:
Brakes can fail for many reasons, even driver ignorance. One big no no that people have done is compression fittings on brake lines. A parts store did not want to sell me some compression fittings and a piece of brake line until I explained I was fixing my transmission lines.
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Frank, The parts store was actually following the law. I remain surprised that their training included this little tid bit.

Good for them and good for you :)
 
Flathead Ted has the solution.
The small percentage of 1935 Ford owners interested in Points Judging will seek out original drums. It doesn’t make sense to pursue original drums for a driver.
I can spend over $400 per drum to have them relined or buy a new made in USA 40-48 drums for $135.
 
We had remachined F100 drums on our 32 , it passed all the brake tests and got complied . I was never happy with the brakes as on a hard stop the pedal would go away some . Took a long time of investigating to find the drums were over machined past.060 and on hard braking they were growing . New drums and linings solved any issues.
Do not over machine your drums
 
my4dv8 said:
We had remachined F100 drums on our 32 , it passed all the brake tests and got complied . I was never happy with the brakes as on a hard stop the pedal would go away some . Took a long time of investigating to find the drums were over machined past.060 and on hard braking they were growing . New drums and linings solved any issues.
Do not over machine your drums
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Good post, IMO.
 
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