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71GSSDemon

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My Demon has a spun outer wheel bearing race. Is there a fix or a place to buy new hubs/drum assemblies for 10" drum brakes? Speedy sleeve maybe?
 
Years ago when this happened to me (and naturally I couldn't find a replacement when I needed it) I welded it up and had a machine shop re-cut the inside diameter... but it's getting difficult to find a local shop to do one-off repairs. But, if you know someone with a lathe...
 
I wouldn't trust anything "new"!!! All the new stuff is junk. Put an ad in the wanted and someone will sell you an original hub that should last forever.
 
I may have just found some locally. Fingers crossed. Going to look after work.
 
I found a set. Can't find the rhyme or reason behind 9" or 10" brakes. The cars we looked at were 1970 340 car, and 4 different 1972 cars. 318, 6 cyl and 340 cars. The 318 car had the bigger brakes. Anyway, I have what I need now.
 
71GSSDemon said:
My Demon has a spun outer wheel bearing race. Is there a fix or a place to buy new hubs/drum assemblies for 10" drum brakes? Speedy sleeve maybe?
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This is what I have done. Make a bunch of punch marks where race sits in hub. Clean hub and race with acetone or lacquer thinner. Apply loc-tite primer and allow to dry. Apply red loc-tite. Press in race.
 
Magnum Valiant said:
This is what I have done. Make a bunch of punch marks where race sits in hub. Clean hub and race with acetone or lacquer thinner. Apply loc-tite primer and allow to dry. Apply red loc-tite. Press in race.
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I had thought of that, but the Green loctite would be the correct one for the application. That is for cylindrical bore / sleeve retention.
 
71GSSDemon said:
I had thought of that, but the Green loctite would be the correct one for the application. That is for cylindrical bore / sleeve retention.
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Blue Loctite melts at around 400-450F. I would think that a bearing race would get at least 200 or 250 max as long as it's properly greased?
 
Treblig said:
Blue Loctite melts at around 400-450F. I would think that a bearing race would get at least 200 or 250 max as long as it's properly greased?
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I am not sure any of the temperatures, I am just going off what Loctite designed it for. Blue is removeable strength thread locker. Red is permanent thread locker (even different ones based on the diameter of the fastener). Green is a cylindrical bore/sleeve/bushing retaining compound. All may do as what is suggested here, but it isn't what it was designed for. I was just pointing out using the correct product based on design and use.
 
Sadly, Front Hub & Drum Assemblies have not been made
NEW in over 50 years.... by ANY company....

I had some N.O.S. up to about a decade ago, but are all sold......

They are available, in the USED world, in abundance, with so many people doing disc brake conversions-- either here on this site, or at the upcoming Chryslers@ Carlisle in
2 weeks.....
 
I did manage to find a local guy who had some 9" assemblies and ended up having to take the only set of 10" assemblies he had off a project car.
 
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