The Brown Truck

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Originally Posted by Captainfab

I just noticed in this pic that your brake drums appear to not match up with your backing plates



And you say you need longer wheel studs due to the wider brakes. You should not need longer wheel studs because of the wider brake shoes. The drum should still be tight up against the axle flange. So the original wheel studs will be long enough. It looks and sounds like something is not right with your rear brakes.

Thanks Captainfab for pointing that out. I looked into the lug studs yesterday, and realized that I did not need to replace mine. I just assumed that with wider brakes I would need longer studs, which I now see was incorrect. I test fit one of my wheels, and it fit fine. I just went out and double checked the brake drum from the picture and it was not fully seated on the axle flange. It looks better now.