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Keith True · 01-20-2014, 06:21 PM

Paul,why do you think they are 35 backing plates? They look like 11 inch A to me.The 32 up brakes are completely different.The actuating lever sticks up on the A,it hangs down on the later ones.The kingpin head sticks ahead of the kingpin on the A,it sticks out behind it on the 32 and up.I collected a bunch of later 12 inch brake stuff years ago,thinking I was going to put some nice 12 inch cast brakes on my A.Not an easy conversion.I still have a bunch of 12 inch brake drums hanging around from that pipe dream.

01-20-2014, 06:21 PM	#13
Keith True Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Epping N.H. Posts: 2,987	Re: What kind of brake drums are these Paul,why do you think they are 35 backing plates? They look like 11 inch A to me.The 32 up brakes are completely different.The actuating lever sticks up on the A,it hangs down on the later ones.The kingpin head sticks ahead of the kingpin on the A,it sticks out behind it on the 32 and up.I collected a bunch of later 12 inch brake stuff years ago,thinking I was going to put some nice 12 inch cast brakes on my A.Not an easy conversion.I still have a bunch of 12 inch brake drums hanging around from that pipe dream.