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Old 04-22-2015, 07:54 PM   #3
MARTINSR
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Re: spring for drum brakes

You may need to buy a "Hardware kit" to get one. If you have a REAL parts store in town, not a "McParts" store but a real one they may have them in stock. It's amazing how long stuff stayed the same and they often have even old car and truck stuff in stock, at least the one I go to here in town.

And for that matter, just about any spring from a hardware kit for anything up through the seventies should work, even though the spring may look different. What they look like is a nail with a flatened end instead of a point. That goes through the backing plate and then a spring that has a washer like thing with a slot for a hole in it. You push the spring over it and rotate for the washer slot to go crossways over the head of the "nail" and there you have it. Here you go, a kit for $5 but you can probably get one at your parts store.

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