About 30 seconds into assembling the first drum brake, we came across our biggest surprise as far as parts. With the wheel cylinder already mounted on the backplate and the backplate attached to the axle, all we needed was a wheel cylinder link.A wheel cylinder link is what is pictured on the right, and it is placed between the brake shoe and the wheel cylinder. For reasons I can not explain, it did not come with any of the hardware that was purchased and so far no one sells it locally at Auto Zone and Pep Boys.
I have 3 of them, as they were left over from the hardware that was left on the donor backplates.
So, I am on a quest to find 5 more of these wheel cylinder links. If you are doing the 11 inch brake drum swap, make sure you secure these parts! 9 inch drum brakes do not have wheel cylinder links, so you need to find them with your 11 inch drum brakes. We can not assemble any more brake hardware until I find more wheel cylinder links.
My first stop on the quest is the local Jeep dealership. Then maybe a junkyard, and then.........who knows?
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Not much of a quest, found the part at the nearby Jeep Dealership. Easily found, thank goodness.
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