10" rear drum compatibility

[CultClassik]

Building my 8-3/4 now and I'm rounding up the last bits and pieces I need. Currently I have a 7-1/4 with 10" (1.75 wide? whatever they are) coming out of the car and a narrowed B-body 8-3/4 going in that I'm installing factory 10x2.5" drums on. I still need backing plates, shoe struts and parking brake levers. I know that I can't use the backing plates from the 7-1/4 but looking at pictures it appears that the struts and parking brake levers may work. They are both 10" brakes after all, just different widths, right? Anybody happen to know, have done this before, or have both parts on hand that they can look at and see?

Tired of buying parts and just trying to save a few bucks!

 

[Carson13]

If you don't/can't find what you need, I just got my struts and levers from classic industries.

 

[my5thmopar]

I used the parking brake strut,springs, cables from my 7 1/4 with 10 inch brakes and put it on the 8 3/4 and it works fine. The shoes and hardware are the same part number for 10 inch with 1 3/4 so, the strut must be the same for both. My 2cents!