banzai510(hainz) Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 I had my front brakes act up for a while and finally cked out the front left and my pad separated from the shoe. This was a brand I got from O Rileys which said Made In China. Only a 1.5 years old. I figure by now most are made in china. I have been using old stock brake drums but need a new set as my spares have gotten thin. Has anybody ordered new Drums and from which company with perfect fit install. Also did one need to get them turned as I had a bad results with Chinese Drums for a Cherokee and they needed to be turned even if NEW. Bunch a shit what I think. Brembo brand had 521 drums for sale on a site but they are all gone now. Rock auto has the orange DElux pads for 20 anybody try them out? Be honest truck dont go fast enouff anyways so cheap pads weill work just dont want them to separate. I installed spares shoes . These where from 15yrs ago and say Made in Canada 1 Quote Link to comment
rinigado Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 I bought some dura brake drums a while back for my front wheels from rockauto..they fit ok. 16 bucks each, was about the same as what the guy wanted to turn the old drums. installed straight out of the box. 1 Quote Link to comment
DanielC Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 You might try your local Nissan dealer. Do you have an independent auto parts store nearby? Ask for the Centric brand, that seems to have a decent reputation on Ratsun, at least for Master cylinders. While I have your attention, Hainz, I am working on a L-engine cylinder head. One of the cam tower bolts pulled the threads out of the head, I do not want to scrap the head. My options that are left are (1) ignore the stripped bolt hole, the cam tower is held by a head bolt, (2) put a helicoil in the hole, and gently tighten the bolt, (3) thread a longer stud into the hole, and use a nut. Or maybe something else you know of. 1 Quote Link to comment
mklotz70 Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 If you buy them through a local source, you can ask them to give them a skim cut to make sure they're true. I've always done that when I bought rotors/drums for drivers. They've always done if for free.....provided I bought them at a place that could turn them to start with. Back in the day, the shoes were "ground" to match the drum's ID. I'm sure that is still available out there.....somewhere....but it might be hard to find. I think Ott's Friction Supply here in Portland might still do it. You could call them and see if they might know of someone closer to you that does it. I'd start with Google. lol ......actually.....I'd switch to discs!! LOL :) 1 Quote Link to comment
flatcat19 Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 I'll second the CENTRIC brand recommendation. 1 Quote Link to comment
Crashtd420 Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 You might try your local Nissan dealer. Do you have an independent auto parts store nearby? Ask for the Centric brand, that seems to have a decent reputation on Ratsun, at least for Master cylinders. While I have your attention, Hainz, I am working on a L-engine cylinder head. One of the cam tower bolts pulled the threads out of the head, I do not want to scrap the head. My options that are left are (1) ignore the stripped bolt hole, the cam tower is held by a head bolt, (2) put a helicoil in the hole, and gently tighten the bolt, (3) thread a longer stud into the hole, and use a nut. Or maybe something else you know of. At my machine shop we use something called a keensert... Doesn't pull out like a helicoil...... 2 Quote Link to comment
Crashtd420 Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 They sell as a kit, depends on the size you need... the main thing is you need a specific tap for the keenserts outer threads... 1 Quote Link to comment
kelowg Posted April 21, 2018 Report Share Posted April 21, 2018 I believe threads in head go little deeper. Just could fine longer bolt. So the ratsun fix would be longer stud installed with jbweld an a nut up top. Btw,3-4 yrs with one bolt missing and no issues. Quote Link to comment
mainer311 Posted April 21, 2018 Report Share Posted April 21, 2018 I recently bought new drums from Pep Boys. I don’t know what brand they were, but they fit fine. 1 Quote Link to comment
banzai510(hainz) Posted April 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2018 thanks for the replies Daniel As for the threads loose on the head. I had mine helicoiled and tighten that bolt to like 7 pounds/10pounds max. I dont know why they strip so ez but a keen sert is the way to go. if possible. If it just a L16 head you could wing it and and not woory about it. as the head bolt hold it also. Matter of fact the old racer guys used to do it for the intake bolt holes if studs werent used.(KEENSERT. 1 Quote Link to comment
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