Some suspension and brake questions

Oldmanmopar said
Most all the drums on the large spindles 74 and newer I saw were finned and Large 4 1/2 bolt pattern. That is just what I saw and I saw many. I threw every one in the scrap metal bin back then. They were as useless then as they are today. I would only keep disc set ups. I would also save the 9' setups for drag cars. They were used due to weight and less resistance.

Today 9' spindles are sought after for using Wilwood race brakes. I went with Strange race brakes because they use LBP disc spindles and I wanted to use 2" lowering spindles. Because we moved the rails up in the rear. I have all the different spindles so I pretty much know what fits what. What I don't have is all the different year manuals . Most but not all . I do have the interchange books from the salvage yard yet.

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You’re the only one that ever saw them, because all the A-body front drum cars were 5x4” from the factory. If they were 5x4.5” they would have been converted with B-body brakes, and those would also require large upper ball joints.

And what you’re saying is you have absolutely no way to show us what you saw? Why don't you show us a drum spindle that uses an A17 inner wheel bearing and has a taper for a small ball joint.

And there's no need to muddy the waters, 9" drums and spindles have nothing to do with this conversation.

moparmat2000 said
Wrong. I pulled a set of BBJ UCAs off a 74 valiant SBP drum brake car in a local junky. It had the larger finned drums. It was a slant sux car that was never apart. I fact I was told this tidbit by a guy who runs a local mopar wrecking yard. He is really into these cars. He told me look for the 10," finned drums. He was right. I bought a second set off somebody else on fakebook. 75 duster SBP with 10" finned drums. The guy damn near gave em away. I asked his price. $20 plus shipping. Umm ok, where do I send the PayPal. LoL

Exactly.

Do you still have a set of the 73+ LBJ drum spindles or hubs? Because this is gonna continue until someone posts measurements showing the facts that most people already know. We're gonna need a factory drum hub with a 5x4" pattern that uses an A17 inner wheel bearing.