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Good morning,
I have been reading a lot of posts about replacing my brake shoes. Thanks for all the information already posted, but couldn't find an answer to a few things I came across.
My 1930 4 door sedan had a brake shoe in the rear come apart and it made a mess of the drum. I have a good set of drums that do not have he hubs attached. Can I just hammer out the lug bolt studs on my old drum, and use it on the drums I have. They look the same. It looks like I can replace the gasket and just use new lug bolts and press them into the new drum. Does this sound right, or am I going to have to find an assembled rear drum?
2nd question:
Since I am going to have to replace the rear brakes I figured I do them all. I purchased a set from the Filling Station, and when I was putting the fronts in I found the anchor pins are very tight, and are very difficult to get lined up and in correctly. Is there a trick to this? There is no room to tap on them from behind.
3rd question:
There is a small pin that goes through the shoe and the back plate, and is held in by a piece if wire wrapped into a grove on the pin (Does this make sense?). Only one of the pins actually had the wire to hold it in place. Can this wire be omitted? Can I use a "C" clip instead? Or should I try and find some copper wire to wrap around it?
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There is a small pin that goes through the shoe and the back plate, and is held in by a piece if wire wrapped into a grove on the pin (Does this make sense?). It was a special "C" shaped wire clip, but a similar type of wire could be used instead.   
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Question 1
My 1930 4 door sedan had a brake shoe in the rear come apart and it made a mess of the drum. I have a good set of drums that do not have he hubs attached. Can I just hammer out the lug bolt studs on my old drum, and use it on the drums I have. They look the same. It looks like I can replace the gasket and just use new lug bolts and press them into the new drum. Does this sound right, or am I going to have to find an assembled rear drum?
Answer: Yes you can remove the drums from the hubs. I don't recommend pounding, use a press instead. If no press is available then you can pound them out. Make sure you have a backup with a hole a little larger than the head of the stud and wide enough to support the hub/drum.
2nd question:
Since I am going to have to replace the rear brakes I figured I do them all. I purchased a set from the Filling Station, and when I was putting the fronts in I found the anchor pins are very tight, and are very difficult to get lined up and in correctly. Is there a trick to this? There is no room to tap on them from behind.
Answer: The pins need to be fairly tight to eliminate as much free movement in the shoes as possible. You might have to lightly sand the pins or lightly lubricate them to get them to slide in easier.
3rd question:
There is a small pin that goes through the shoe and the back plate, and is held in by a piece if wire wrapped into a grove on the pin (Does this make sense?). Only one of the pins actually had the wire to hold it in place. Can this wire be omitted? Can I use a "C" clip instead? Or should I try and find some copper wire to wrap around it?
Answer: Copper wire is not stiff enough to use. I also don't use the soft mechanics wire as it bends too easily. I make the clips from a relative stiff wire and bend it around with a pair of pliers. Once you get the length right, bend a small "U" and then finish wrapping with the pliers. It takes a bit of practice but once you get the technique it is relatively easy.
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I have made the small clips by cutting sections out of a small coil spring purchased at a hardware store. Just find a spring with the right coil diameter and wire diameter and cut out one coil at a time. It's good strong spring steel, snaps on tight and works like a champ!
Hope that helps.
All the Best, chip
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Thanks for the quick responses. I feel kind of foolish, I just found the info on the brake drums in the manual. I was looking in the brakes section, and was nicely outlined in the axles section  I am hoping to get the brakes done this weekend. The weather is looking good here in Upstate NY. Time to get on the road.
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