72 Scamp front drums

jrc4y4 said
Cool, thanks for all the input on this! I've never dealt with drums before. The car HAS been garage kept for most of its life (bought from the original family in 2004). It has NON power brakes and occasionally I have to pump the brake once to get it to really grab, so I'm guessing there could be something up with those lines.

nm9stheham I am seeing the shoes, lines, and hardware on NAPA but I am NOT seeing the cylinders. Any other ideas? Good call on not Rock Auto on the safety side. As was said, if you can't stop it, it doesn't matter how fast you go. And I don't feel like risking my or other's lives. ScampMike, I would love to do a disc brake conversion. But when I do that, I will do BBP conversion, then I'm into wheels and tires, etc..

Pumping up on occasion like that is a bad sign. It could be in the master cylinder (gunk in the bore making the pistons stick) or wheel cylinders or a few other spots, like something pushing the shoes back. MC goes on the list as mandatory at this point, IMHO.

BTW, I am seeing the NAPA Ultra Premium wheel cylinders for a 1927 Plymouth Scamp online... $28 each for the 10" fronts and $10 for the rears, and less if you do regular biz locally and get a discount. Not sure what is up with your NAPA search.

And, BTW, I go with NAPA because I get them locally and can look at the parts when I get them and before I pay, and can easily return them if there is a problem. All ther brake parts have worked for me, but I stick with the top grades. I avoid the 'Duralast' and other lesser cost parts at the other stores. RockAuto may have some better parts: I do see they have the Raybestos ones. But again, it is a pain to do returns and wait, etc.

It will be very worth your while to go to www.mymopar.com com and find the Factory Service Manual online for free for you car, and download it.

AAAAND since the system is so unknown to you, I'd pull the front drums and have them checked for inside diameter to see if they can be turned before getting too far into buying parts. If not, then there is that cost for drums, and you may want to look at a disk upgrade sooner rather than later. Sorry..... it seems like there is never a clear, straight-line path to the finish on this stuff LOL