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Rear drum brake backing plate

Started by kram350, June 24, 2026, 09:24:42 PM

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kram350

Can someone shed some light on the upper shoe pivot on the 10"x2-1/2" backing plates? I was under the assumption that all these units used a shoe anchor plate behind the self adjuster washer/cable and the two retraction shoe springs. On a friends '67 GT500 the boss is not reduced to provide the proper diameter and width to accommodate an anchor plate. The boss is the same diameter of the shoe. Seems some backing plates used the anchor plate and some not? Are '65/'66 Fairlane (Shelby) backing plates different from those used on the '67 and later backing plates? Picture shows the boss, about 13/16" in diameter?       

TLea

Quote from: kram350 on June 24, 2026, 09:24:42 PMCan someone shed some light on the upper shoe pivot on the 10"x2-1/2" backing plates? I was under the assumption that all these units used a shoe anchor plate behind the self adjuster washer/cable and the two retraction shoe springs. On a friends '67 GT500 the boss is not reduced to provide the proper diameter and width to accommodate an anchor plate. The boss is the same diameter of the shoe. Seems some backing plates used the anchor plate and some not? Are '65/'66 Fairlane (Shelby) backing plates different from those used on the '67 and later backing plates? Picture shows the boss, about 13/16" in diameter?       
Exactly. If its got the step down it gets the plate, if not then no