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flashed · 01-10-2010, 08:29 PM

How do I know which size shoes I need for the rear. Parts store says 1 is 2" and the other is 2 3/4" . Is that the width of the shoe itself or what? They told me to bring the shoes from one side and they would match ,kind of hard to do when I drive it daily.But I can take a drum off to measure if all I need to know is width of shoe. I hope this makes sense.

izonme13 · 01-10-2010, 11:35 PM

Yes it is the width of the shoe. You either have light duty or heady duty brakes.

crakarjax · 01-11-2010, 03:53 PM

can light duty be converted to heavy by swapping shoes and drums?

01-10-2010, 08:29 PM	#1
flashed Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: canton ga Posts: 12,728	72 1/2 ton brakes rear How do I know which size shoes I need for the rear. Parts store says 1 is 2" and the other is 2 3/4" . Is that the width of the shoe itself or what? They told me to bring the shoes from one side and they would match ,kind of hard to do when I drive it daily.But I can take a drum off to measure if all I need to know is width of shoe. I hope this makes sense.

01-10-2010, 11:35 PM	#2
izonme13 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: medford, OR Posts: 80	Re: 72 1/2 ton brakes rear Yes it is the width of the shoe. You either have light duty or heady duty brakes.

01-11-2010, 03:53 PM	#3
crakarjax Registered User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 1,302	Re: 72 1/2 ton brakes rear can light duty be converted to heavy by swapping shoes and drums?



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