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Front End Upgrade - Glenn Brooks - 06-05-2025

For the life of me, I can't find the 15.5" X 7" shoes for the front brakes. I may have to upgrade to the 16 1/2" drums and shoes and was wondering if anybody has done the switch? I'm primarily interested in what it cost, sourcing of parts and the degree of difficulty. I found a guy in Florida who will fabricate the linings and bond and rivet them to the shoes. The cost is $185 p/shoe X 4 plus $180 shipping each way. It is almost a thousand dollars to get the remanufactured shoes. I was thinking the upgrade may be a little more, but may be worth it. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

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RE: Front End Upgrade - [email protected] - 06-05-2025

(Yesterday, 02:50 PM)Glenn Brooks Wrote:  For the life of me, I can't find the 15.5" X 7" shoes for the front brakes. I may have to upgrade to the 16 1/2" drums and shoes and was wondering if anybody has done the switch? I'm primarily interested in what it cost, sourcing of parts and the degree of difficulty. I found a guy in Florida who will fabricate the linings and bond and rivet them to the shoes. The cost is $185 p/shoe X 4 plus $180 shipping each way. It is almost a thousand dollars to get the remanufactured shoes. I was thinking the upgrade may be a little more, but may be worth it. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Are you sure they are 15.5" shoes? That is an odd size. Do you have the number off your existing drum?

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RE: Front End Upgrade - Glenn Brooks - 06-05-2025

(Yesterday, 04:03 PM)[email protected] Wrote:  

(Yesterday, 02:50 PM)Glenn Brooks Wrote:  For the life of me, I can't find the 15.5" X 7" shoes for the front brakes. I may have to upgrade to the 16 1/2" drums and shoes and was wondering if anybody has done the switch? I'm primarily interested in what it cost, sourcing of parts and the degree of difficulty. I found a guy in Florida who will fabricate the linings and bond and rivet them to the shoes. The cost is $185 p/shoe X 4 plus $180 shipping each way. It is almost a thousand dollars to get the remanufactured shoes. I was thinking the upgrade may be a little more, but may be worth it. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Are you sure they are 15.5" shoes? That is an odd size. Do you have the number off your existing drum?

I couldn't find any numbers on the drums or the shoes. The drums measure 15.5 inches across.

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RE: Front End Upgrade - [email protected] - 06-06-2025

(Yesterday, 05:28 PM)Glenn Brooks Wrote:  

(Yesterday, 04:03 PM)[email protected] Wrote:  

(Yesterday, 02:50 PM)Glenn Brooks Wrote:  For the life of me, I can't find the 15.5" X 7" shoes for the front brakes. I may have to upgrade to the 16 1/2" drums and shoes and was wondering if anybody has done the switch? I'm primarily interested in what it cost, sourcing of parts and the degree of difficulty. I found a guy in Florida who will fabricate the linings and bond and rivet them to the shoes. The cost is $185 p/shoe X 4 plus $180 shipping each way. It is almost a thousand dollars to get the remanufactured shoes. I was thinking the upgrade may be a little more, but may be worth it. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Are you sure they are 15.5" shoes? That is an odd size. Do you have the number off your existing drum?

I couldn't find any numbers on the drums or the shoes. The drums measure 15.5 inches across.

Hmm interesting, I will take a look when I get home at my Webb catalog and see what I can find. Perhaps it’s European, seems like Newell likes to use stuff from Europe. My independent front suspension is Dana UK.

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