15" Wheel on 2003 Silverado Build Thread
07-29-2014, 06:39 PM
#14
Yea tire selection and best traction with the 15's is why I want them. A 30" tire is what I want to run at the track and you can't find one in a 17" wheel. They only make a 28" tire for 16" and up wheels.
So I told GMCtrk that I will try and have the backing plates made. I'll have to draw them up in Solidworks or Inventor and send the drawings to one of my machinist buddies. In fact I just got off the phone with one of them and he as a CNC mill in his garage. So I'll do some research and find the radius from the center of the axle tube to the caliper bolt holes. Should be a very simple drawing and easy to make.
So I told GMCtrk that I will try and have the backing plates made. I'll have to draw them up in Solidworks or Inventor and send the drawings to one of my machinist buddies. In fact I just got off the phone with one of them and he as a CNC mill in his garage. So I'll do some research and find the radius from the center of the axle tube to the caliper bolt holes. Should be a very simple drawing and easy to make.
07-29-2014, 07:16 PM
#17
Whats wrong with what you have listed below??? Seems cheaper than making a bunch of stuff?
Here are some part numbers and prices I've collected for a new drum set up. Not sure if the hardware kit is complete enough.
15911567: GM 05-07 Drum backing plate - $62.63 ea
PDR0800: Bendix drum - $45.97 ea
855L: Bendix shoe set - $68.97
W610131: Dorman wheel cylinder - $17.97 ea
H2336: Carlson Pro hardware Kit - $13.85
Total: $335.96
The Carlson pro kit includes return springs, hold down parts, shoe pins, adjusting springs, levers, parking brake springs, and adjusting screws. Anything I'm missing for a complete drum set up?
15911567: GM 05-07 Drum backing plate - $62.63 ea
PDR0800: Bendix drum - $45.97 ea
855L: Bendix shoe set - $68.97
W610131: Dorman wheel cylinder - $17.97 ea
H2336: Carlson Pro hardware Kit - $13.85
Total: $335.96
The Carlson pro kit includes return springs, hold down parts, shoe pins, adjusting springs, levers, parking brake springs, and adjusting screws. Anything I'm missing for a complete drum set up?
07-29-2014, 07:24 PM
#18
It's not "a bunch of stuff." It's just a simple metal bracket. Total cost should be well under the drum brake swap. The rest of the parts can be had at any parts store. You also maintain disk brakes instead of drums and it's essentially bolt on. Drum install requires pulling the axles out.