I'm doing the rear brakes on my electra. The passenger side rear drum was pretty scored, and the shoe was almost non-existent. I am going to replace the drums on both sides; I guess just to keep things even. When I called around for the parts everyone wanted to know if the drums were 4"wide or 3.25" wide. How exactly do I measure the drum width? Is it the overall drum width? ----OR---- Is it the width of the drum braking surface? The guy at the local parts store said to measure the braking surface, but that only measures to 2.5" I measured the overall width, and that came out to 4.5" If this is the case, than none of the parts stores have the right parts as the measurements are off. I need to do this pretty quickly as I want to be able to drive, I can order the parts today, then they will arrive in the morning.
Mike, I looked on www.rockauto.com They have alot of drums listed. Seems to be 9 1/2" and 11" brakes. Alot of choices. I'd take a drum down and match it.
