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Old 01-15-2008, 06:10 AM   #8
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Re: Brake drums

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Originally Posted by Longhorn Man View Post
if you want new drums, then you have no choice on where they are built. If I am not mistaken, that is the ONLY drum being made. Notice there is no lip for the drum spring, and no hole to adjust the brakes.
Adjuster hole is in the backing plate. I remember you talking about the springs a while back Andy, what an interesting subject that was. I think the consensus was that the spring around the circumference was there to reduce noise right? So no-one here in the US makes our drums/rotors anymore?
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