Blind,

I had to read it a couple times too.

Unless I am mistaken, the axle shaft will not be involved.

Think of it this way. Replace the deep drum with the shallow drum in the same mounting position behind the hub. This leaves the drum short of the brakes. Now, space the backing plate away from it's mount to meet up with the drum. Essentially just moving the brakes out.

I think the confusion comes from Grigg mentioning the eaton, slide on drum. I think that was just to demonstrate why the original rearend had more room between the backing plates and less room inside the 19.5 rims.

Look at the first pic in this album. See the HUGE air gap between the 14 bolt drum and the 19.5 rim?
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/7a7q8pcfwdjrtsq/AADi3BicT8DXzENJKNk5FF-fa?dl=0


Grigg,

Please correct if I got this wrong!

Larry W.


Last edited by Mrf1002u; 01/20/2016 4:42 PM.
1953 3800 Dually Flatbed