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mr48chev · 09-15-2023, 06:39 PM

A lot of things can make brakes squeak.

One is the really"good" metallic lining that stops best, Years ago when I was doing a lot of brake jobs in a Firestone store in Texas the shoes I had the most noise complaints from were the top of the line metallic and probably harder shoes. On the other hand, the least number of complaints we had were some 3.95 an axle shoes whe got from a discount parts house up the street that didn't even have them in boxes. The had pairs of shoes wired together in big boxes that you dug the shoes out of. We were doing 12.95 an axle brake relines with those good for 10,000 miles.

2 inch shoes being too wide for the drums makes me wanted what the drums started out being for. If the drums were redrilled from the Ford pattern I'd bet that is what they used, early Bronco / F100 drums

Rear shoes for a 70 Bronco are #283 that are 11 x 1.75 They fit the early Broncos and F 100 trucks. https://www.oreillyauto.com/detail/c...d-bronco?pos=2

The Bronco rear brake drum isn't all that wide as far as friction surface goes https://www.oreillyauto.com/detail/c...d-bronco?pos=1

09-15-2023, 06:39 PM	#16
mr48chev Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toppenish, WA Posts: 15,342	Re: Issues with rear brakes A lot of things can make brakes squeak. One is the really"good" metallic lining that stops best, Years ago when I was doing a lot of brake jobs in a Firestone store in Texas the shoes I had the most noise complaints from were the top of the line metallic and probably harder shoes. On the other hand, the least number of complaints we had were some 3.95 an axle shoes whe got from a discount parts house up the street that didn't even have them in boxes. The had pairs of shoes wired together in big boxes that you dug the shoes out of. We were doing 12.95 an axle brake relines with those good for 10,000 miles. 2 inch shoes being too wide for the drums makes me wanted what the drums started out being for. If the drums were redrilled from the Ford pattern I'd bet that is what they used, early Bronco / F100 drums Rear shoes for a 70 Bronco are #283 that are 11 x 1.75 They fit the early Broncos and F 100 trucks. https://www.oreillyauto.com/detail/c...d-bronco?pos=2 The Bronco rear brake drum isn't all that wide as far as friction surface goes https://www.oreillyauto.com/detail/c...d-bronco?pos=1 __________________ Founding member of the too many projects, too little time and money club. My ongoing truck projects: 48 Chev 3100 that will run a 292 Six. 71 GMC 2500 that is getting a Cad 500 transplant. 77 C 30 dualie, 454, 4 speed with a 10 foot flatbed and hoist. It does the heavy work and hauls the projects around.