11x2.5 parking lever help needed

[67Cuda408]

Currently at a salvage yard looking for parking brake levers for an 11x2.5 drum setup and I found a 88 ram van will these levers work for my setup off a 70s b body?

 

[Sedanman]

Only if you use the later shoes

 

[67Cuda408]

Only if you use the later shoes

The pin type correct?

 

[Sedanman]

Pin type? The 79 and later 11" used a different Ebrake system than the 78 and older. This is the later style. The earlier style had the pin you drive into the shoe and the arm slides on it being held down by the hurseshoe shaped clip.

 

[72bluNblu]

Most of the replacement shoes I’ve seen have both pin and slot provisions for the levers. The dimensions of the shoes are the same otherwise, the brakes are the same otherwise, it’s just how the levers attach to the shoes.

Worst case is you might have to buy new brake shoes.