The spacer makes up the thickness of the drum brake backing plate. See All 8 Photos By adding or removing the different-width spacers, the caliper's final position over the rotor can be adjusted ...

A spacer is provided to compensate for the lower ... See All 24 Photos Since the stock drum brake line fitting is the larger 7/16 thread size (rather than a more modern 3/8 fitting), CPP provides ...

where pulling on the brake lever forces a plier-like device to squeeze rubber blocks against the rim of the wheel to stop the car. Drum brakes are a little more difficult to describe — more on ...

In our continuing saga to build a daily driver '66 Slant Six Dart GT, it was time to ditch the drums for front disc brakes. The small 9-inch drums had to go. While they worked perfectly without ...

Despite the insistence from some diehard traditionalists that there's no reason to upgrade a vintage hot rod to disc brakes, sticking with four-wheel drums is literally and figuratively a drag.