I'm need to get my rearend to the speed shop to get rebuilt. Is it possible to just remove the backing plates and brakes as a whole assembley? I unbolted the 2 small screws on the bottom and removed the one large nut on the top back for the axle flange but the backing plate dosent seem like it wants to budge. Is there sometihng else i need to un bolt or just yank on the backing plate more ?

 

you have drums i assume? the axles have to come out to get the plates off, after that, everything should come off as one piece.

 

Yes I have drums. Axles are out, everthing is in bolted. Just seems like it dosent want to budge and I didnt want to force it.

 

yes you dont have to dissasemble the brakes to remove the entire plate and brakes assembly. ive done it many times even on an 84 z28 when i swapped on 1980 cutlass ones

if you removed all four bolts then the plates should come off

maybe they are just stuck good

knock them around a bit with a BFH

 

Are you sure theres 4 bolts i onyl see 3 ?

 

should only be three, one big one on top, and two smaller on the bottom if memory serves

 

yeah, drums have 3 bolts. Smack the thing with a BFH, its just stuck/rusted on

 

3 or 4 or whatever yeah, just remove them. some dont have 4. some do. most of the older stuff does anyways.

i work on everything and its 90% of the time 4 of them

but.,,,,, lol



good luck

 

Hey, Randy,

If there are four-bolt flanges on a drum rear (another member has suggested that that's the case), would the rear disc backing plate bolt up?

JamesC