A few weeks ago I called around to see who could turn my brake drums. NO BUENO! Everyone said to just buy new ones until I told them it was for a 1946 truck. I called a local hotrod friend and he pointed me to a transmission guy who knew a guy that was retired. He might be able to help me because he had a machine shop in his home garage. I dropped them off and today he called me to pick them up. To my surprise, he not only turn them, he also sandblasted them for me ($120 for everything). I was not expecting that. He said the drums were in pretty good condition and only had to take a very little amount off. I was going to paint them black, but now I think I'm going to just clear coat them. I cleared the rear brake drums and they don't look bad. Well, I don't think they look bad.

I'm going to replace the wheel bearings to roller bearings, so I'll need to knock out the bearing races next.
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Last edited by UtahYork; 12/03/2024 2:59 AM.
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1946 1/2Ton w/4-speed manual transmission w/1960 235 engine
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