521 front drum.... i need one

[Velvetpants57]

does anyone have a front drum kicking around. 3 of the drums on my truck match, and 1 has a different pocket profile in the radii of the wheel mounting surface. they were fine when i had steel wheels, but the aluminum wheels have a different dia and interfere with mounting face. I would really like to drive the truck down to blue lake, so i need to get this figured out.

regards

Dallas

[nismosilvia]

Which state are you in

[ggzilla]

It's a Datsun, the parts are not rare and not expensive. $21 brand new at Rockauto.com

[datsunaholic]

The "deep pocket" drums have bit me too. Even with steel wheels. It's not a 521/620 thing, it's an aftermarket manufacturer thing.

[EricJB]

I have several, but I dont know what your looking at. Can someone post a pic? Pretty sure all of mine are 521.

[Velvetpants57]

datsunaholic, this is exactly why im looking for an oe one or an aftermarket one without the pocket. i currently have the one from rock auto, its a deep pocket. one from a different manufacturer should be at my local napa today. fingers crossed it works. this is really just good motivation to go disk brakes.

[ggzilla]

Dont' they all look like this?

 

[DanielC]

No, they all do not look like that. Those are really nice and painted!

[Eagle_Adam]

if those are correct i have an extra from my 620 that looks a lot like that!

[DanielC]

I think Datsun used the same brake drum on everything from the 320 truck all the way to the rear of the 620 trucks that had disk brakes on the front.

[Eagle_Adam]

if thats the case i have one you can have

[alabama_lowlife]

That's what all mine look like, even the new ones I bought for the rear.

[Velvetpants57]

yeah ggzilla those are the oe style. many of the aftermarket ones have a very steep pocketing with a smaller wheel face dia. but never fear local junk yard has saved the day.

thanks for the replys.