I need help with Highboy front drums..

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May 30, 2016 | 02:54 PM

Djstright

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I need help with Highboy front drums..

I'm trying to order parts for my front brakes and I don't dare take them apart to check them until I have all the new pieces but I can't find any information. Are the parts the same for the front as they are for the rear? I need springs shoes and wheel cylinders and i can find shoes that day front and rear but others say only rear. And I can't find front wheel cylinders.

May 30, 2016 | 03:25 PM

Blue and White

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NAPA lists front and rear drums. Also front and rear wheel cylinders both left and right. I'd visit there or look at Rock Auto or LMC truck. Probably better to deal with somebody local like NAPA IMO.

https://www.napaonline.com/napa/en/s...plication=true

May 30, 2016 | 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Djstright

I'm trying to order parts for my front brakes and I don't dare take them apart to check them until I have all the new pieces but I can't find any information.

Are the parts the same for the front as they are for the rear?
No.

I need springs, shoes and wheel cylinders and i can find shoes that day front and rear but others say only rear. And I can't find front wheel cylinders.

1973/75 F250 4WD: The front brake shoes are: 12 1/8" x 2" .. The rear brake shoes are: 12" x 2 1/2"

1973/75 F250 4WD front wheel cylinders are 1 1/16" diameter. Ford: D3TZ-2261-D Left & D3TZ-2262-D Right.

These are also the same as the REAR brake cylinders for: 1973/75 F250 2WD with 12" x 2 1/2" brakes and 1973/79 F350 & 1975/81 E350 with 12" x 3" brakes.

With this info, you shouldn't have any trouble finding the front wheel cylinders.