Quote Originally Posted by willowbilly3
wouldn't the wider drum make contact with the backing plate?
it shouldn't, the diamater is the same, the only diffrence would be where the shoe sits in the drum.. to be sure it would probably be best to borrow 1 or get 1 out of a junkyard.. I put replacement drums on my '65 Rambler which are visibly wider, and they are internally wider, and do fit both the 2" and 2.5" versions of the brake system, I didn't think they were going to fit, but they do