I have a '70 Mav' with the small 4 bolt drum brakes up front. I have a '73 Comet with the bigger 5 bolt drums. Can anyone tell me if I can just remove the 4 bolt drums from the spindle,(without removing the spindle from the car) and place the five bolt drums on the 4 bolt drum spindle? Or is that too much to ask I mean, I'm thinking the spindle from the '73 is probably thicker, or longer, or something! that would make this easy task impossible, right. Please let me know if anyone knows, I really dont want to tear off the drum & find out there's no way the two are interchangable.
Your asking to much. If you want to change to 5 lug you need to replace the axle itself. The 4 lug axle will not work. The bottom line is save yourself alot of grief and replace the whole unit.
Well I exspected as much. I have everything, but I wanted to try and save myself some time and cash. Thanks.
Yeah,...that makes sense, heavier engine, thicker-bigger axles. But then again, those car companies dont always use the high priced brains they pay for.
The high priceed brains saved them money and that's what every company wants to do. They had to keep the price down on a new model less than $2000 and that's what they did by using parts on hand. I should had said 4 lug spindles...not 6 cylinder spindles. I have a six with 5-lugs.
