1972 F250 12"x2.5" Bendix rear drum brake rebuild: advice?

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Re: 1972 F250 12"x2.5" Bendix rear drum brake rebuild: advice?

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Wow, that is some kind of documentation and illustration of your rebuild. Wonderful! Thanks for doing that. Quick unrelated question.....do you happen to know what size of wheel rim you have? My 72 Camper special still has the stock 16" rim that I think is a relatively narrow width. I have seen pics of original f250 rims and I believe that Ford offered a slightly wider rim as an option. I like the look of the wider rim but I want to keep it "stock" vs. an aftermarket rim. Your rim looks to be the slightly wider rim and I assume it's original to the truck, or at least it looks like it is. If you happen to know, let me know.

Thanks!
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Re: 1972 F250 12"x2.5" Bendix rear drum brake rebuild: advice?

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this thread was AWSOME thanks all of you for taking all the guess work out of the job
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Re: 1972 F250 12"x2.5" Bendix rear drum brake rebuild: advice?

Post by MATTS72 »

This post is amazing!!!

I just purchased a CD version of the 1972 truck shop manual and it is full of great information but this is far better to look at and read.

Thank you for all the effort.
I will be using this information soon on my own 1972 F250 3/4 ton.


If anyone has links to more great post like this on this site please share.

Thank you!!!

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