I finally did some work in the garage today! I pulled a drum off the 59 Dodge to check out the brakes. No real surprises - the shoes look good. The drum has surface rust on the outside and some surface rust on the machined surface. There isn't any pitting on the machined surface though. I want to glass bead blast the outside of the drum. Would it hurt to hit the machined surface with the bead blaster or should I just lightly sand it?
I would think it would be fine as well. However, if you just manually scuff most of it off, my guess would be the rest would be worn off in no time after a few brake applications.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars (now converted to a "factory" 4 speed)
Thanks. I'll have to post a photo of the funky front brake design on these cars. Two wheel cylinders per wheel! Chrysler called them "Total Contact Brakes"
-- Edited by 69Laurentian on Sunday 10th of January 2010 10:05:19 PM
