I had my local machine shop remove the hubs from old drums. I took as good of pics as I could with phone. One of the outer bearings looks like nylon casing maybe. Doesn’t seem right. Outer race seems to be worn excessively in my opinion as well. I think it needs replacing. I’d love feedback.The other one seems fine. The inner bearings seem ok to me. What do I need to buy to reuse them? Those chrome rings(innermost on the spindle ?) Not sure if it’s supposed to snap in over inner bearings. I kind of put it all together loosely, but didn’t want to force anything. In one of the photos there is one of the broken tabs I guess it was that held the drum to the hub. Maybe a quarter inch in height. I’ll find out soon enough when new drums arrive, but I was curious if those would have to be ground down? Spindles are smooth as glass. I put some Blaster on hose connections to hard lines today. Getting those disconnected successfully seems like my biggest obstacle right now. Don’t want the nightmare I heard it was. Don’t want to buy any more brake parts this week. lol. I’ll have all the parts from NAPA tomorrow minus the bearing and bearing accessories. As soon as I nail down the right plan on the bearings I’ll get started on the brakes. I’ll definitely follow up soon. Thank you guys who have commented and who have yet to.
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