Lou, Dave Homstad, who still belongs to the WPC Club, can tell you which
'current' issue of their newsletter re-published my article.
I've still got my 80's articles/issues semi-stored-away, & can send you
photocopies of them.
Howsumever, I don't know your technical expertise; I had my front & rear
drum conversion work done by professional mechanical shops, with no
particular problems, beyond the fact that I/we were 'navigating'
un-charted waters, as we went along--looking back on the projects, the
procedures are VERY straight-forward & non-brain-surgical, in
nature/effort!
Essentially (for the umpteenth time, it seems)
"you" just need to scalp (grind-off) the upper-section of the rear axle
flanges, so that the flat-topped sections of the Bendix brakes will/can
mate-fully to the (now: flat-topped) axle flanges.
Then, "you" need to cut-off around the center-area of the Centerplane's
backing plates, so as to preserve their
central-axle-seal-holding-"shoulders", AND the
backing-plate mounting-stud holes, so that this
small-piece can be used to hold the axle seals to the axle. I found
that I had to use 2 standard steel washers, per axle-stud, to make-up
some
'gained' stud-length, between the total width of the Bendix system, &
the Centerplane system.
So far, both ft & rr Bendix's have been in (almost daily--@ LEAST
weekly!) usage, with no maintenance, other than making sure that the
brakes are properly-adjusted, because, with
such dramatic braking-effect, the Bendix's can
try to launch you through the windshield--they would be AWESOME, with an
anti-lock feature!
Neil
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