E-Brake help please
There are a bunch of different looking brake struts from different manufacturers, they all look a little different. But, they all interchange, and the bends on all of them are the same as long as you're talking about the same outer diameter brakes. Here's a bunch of brake bars from a bunch of different manufacturers. These are for 11" drums. One of them I personally removed from a 11x2" set up. You can see that they're all the same as far as length, they all bend the same amount. Some are a little sturdier, but they all interchange. I don't like the kind that doesn't have the extra flange on it, so I change out the "flat" ones for the kind with the flange. But the flange doesn't interfere with anything, even on the narrower shoes.
As in, the brake cables going from the e-brake back to the drum. Yes, all the cables are the same length (although the set up is different by year), they don't make different e-brake cables for 9, 10, or 11" rear drums. I've switched all of my cars over to 11x2.5" rear drums and never had to do anything with the cables except re-adjust them. The brake struts, levers, and all of the adjusting hardware has to match the diameter, it can't be swapped from say 10" brakes to 11" brakes. But it's the same for all the different shoe widths.
There are a bunch of different looking brake struts from different manufacturers, they all look a little different. But, they all interchange, and the bends on all of them are the same as long as you're talking about the same outer diameter brakes. Here's a bunch of brake bars from a bunch of different manufacturers. These are for 11" drums. One of them I personally removed from a 11x2" set up. You can see that they're all the same as far as length, they all bend the same amount. Some are a little sturdier, but they all interchange. I don't like the kind that doesn't have the extra flange on it, so I change out the "flat" ones for the kind with the flange. But the flange doesn't interfere with anything, even on the narrower shoes.
As in, the brake cables going from the e-brake back to the drum. Yes, all the cables are the same length (although the set up is different by year), they don't make different e-brake cables for 9, 10, or 11" rear drums. I've switched all of my cars over to 11x2.5" rear drums and never had to do anything with the cables except re-adjust them. The brake struts, levers, and all of the adjusting hardware has to match the diameter, it can't be swapped from say 10" brakes to 11" brakes. But it's the same for all the different shoe widths.
