B body 10 in.to 11 in .front drum swap question.???

B body 10 in.to 11 in .front drum swap question.??? - 05/18/08 04:00 PM

My 68 Chargers front 10 in. drum amd hubs are shot. I have a friend who has a complete set of 11 in. drums/backer plates for sale cheap. Will the 11 in. setup swap over to the spindles that held the 10 in. setup or must I change the spindles also?
Thanks MIke

Posted By: twodoorpost

Re: B body 10 in.to 11 in .front drum swap question.??? - 05/18/08 04:13 PM

Same spindles. Just swap matching backing plates, drums & hardware.

Posted By: 70satelliteguy

Re: B body 10 in.to 11 in .front drum swap question.??? - 05/18/08 04:20 PM

Thank you 2 door!!!!

Mike

Posted By: 451Mopar

Re: B body 10 in.to 11 in .front drum swap question.??? - 05/20/08 05:01 AM

They should swap, but use the hardware for a 1970 because they had self adjusters, the 1969's and earlier did not have self adjusters.

Posted By: 70satelliteguy

Re: B body 10 in.to 11 in .front drum swap question.??? - 05/20/08 07:28 PM

I just did the swap this morning. Pretty easy and everything seemed to fit fine. Now I just have to wait till my wife gets home to bleed the brakes and off I go for a road test!!

Thanks for the help guy's

Mike

Posted By: pettyblue440

Re: B body 10 in.to 11 in .front drum swap question.??? - 05/20/08 08:11 PM

you should notice quite a difference in braking power. my brother did the same swap last year

Posted By: JohnRR

Re: B body 10 in.to 11 in .front drum swap question.??? - 05/21/08 01:42 AM

Quote:

you should notice quite a difference in braking power. my brother did the same swap last year

just the fronts over to 11" and left the rears smaller.

Posted By: mikemotorhead

Re: B body 10 in.to 11 in .front drum swap question.??? - 05/21/08 03:11 PM

"just the fronts over to 11" and left the rears smaller. "
Probably wont be as dramatic as converting to front discs and leaving the drums the same! Lots of conversions being done without issues!

Posted By: pettyblue440

Re: B body 10 in.to 11 in .front drum swap question.??? - 05/21/08 11:38 PM

oops, i missed that detail, my brother went all 11" at all 4 corners

Posted By: 70satelliteguy

Re: B body 10 in.to 11 in .front drum swap question.??? - 05/22/08 11:54 PM

The road test is complete on my Charger. The brakes work GREAT!

There were absolutely no issues with nose dive or anything else other than the car stops better than it had before!

Thanks all Mike