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Apr 19, 2005 | 12:52 PM

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New drums don't fit

I got the cheapo duralast front drums from autozone and the holes for the lugs are to small to fir over the wider base of the stud should I just drill them

Apr 19, 2005 | 01:00 PM

bertha66

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If everything else is right, it would not hurt to drill them.

Apr 19, 2005 | 01:53 PM

hiball3985

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find somewhere else, like a brake supplier, autozone is the pits, nothing but morrons work there

Apr 19, 2005 | 04:02 PM

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I'll agree with the morron but they where only 36.99 ad I'mlow on cash

Apr 19, 2005 | 04:06 PM

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not sure what truck you have, but my f100 drums where about the same price from a brake supplier

Apr 20, 2005 | 05:25 AM

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If these are front drums there made to be press fit to the studs like the oem ones.
You'll need to press out the studs put the drum on the hub line up the stud holes and pres one stud in at a time with a tube on the other side to hold the drum from bowing out.
It shouldn't cost more then $10 at a machine shop.

Yes you can drill then but be aware you might have a pulse in the pedal. the drums are stud centric not hub centric. This is why when machine the drums you use the hub.

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