CA Victoria
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My KH wheels will not fit over the cast OEM Model A rear brake drums. Will the spacer sold to adapt wires to the 40s ford drums work?
Spacer for KH bent spoke wheels
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jimvette59
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The spacers are made to fit over the raised part of your drum so the wheels
are supported properly. I hope this helps.
hardtimes
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Tim,
This Q has been discussed at length in any number of threads in recent past. You say cast OEM...if your drums ARE model a drums, you DO NOT need spacers. Spacers are used to compensate for when HYDRAULIC brake type later drums are used on model a.
Example, I've been running KH ('35 40spoke/bent) for many years w/o spacers and many others do also.
Note: a pic of my A with KH on cast front A drums and Steel A rear drums ..no spacers.
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I had that problem also on the rear CI drums. I used a die grinder and to remove the top of the rivets inside the hub of the KH wheels. The rivets are plenty thick and removing a portion of them will not weaken them enough to worry about. Only remove enough of the rivet heads to allow the KH hub to fit over the CI drums.