Originally Posted by 3hundred
After a lifetime career in the structural steel business, that red looks like red oxide primer. The factory wouldn't have bothered priming brake drums, but perhaps a previous owner did long ago? Maybe when the drums were replaced?


Me too. I don't see any bright red enamel, just what looks like red oxide primer. Besides, it appears to be painted in the "wheel contact area", contrary to note 6 in the drawing.

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