I had two pairs of 9" brake back plates I reconditioned the best set and binned the others.
Ive binned the wrong ones 
Ive recone'd Escort mk2 brakes and binned the Capri back plates. The escort ones wont go over the Capri
bearings
Ive now got to do the 8" brakes my new axle came with as I dont want to grind the hole out.
Bloody car was fighting me all day. So near yet so far 
If I wasnt off to France tonight I'd offer to machine the holes out - if you cant wait two weeks , is there any one local with a big enough lathe
to do it ?
Edit to add - unless you fancy a drive over to Leicester today ?
[Edited on 19/7/09 by clairetoo]
Thanks for the very kind offer Claire but the wifes buggerd of with the car.
Must be a nice lathe to have atleast a 5 1/2" swing
Never mind on the plus side it looks like the wheel cylinders and fitting kit will swop over.
cheers again
Um............nearer 7" swing..........more if you take the `gap` out
If you want to sell the 9" shoes , I may well be interested ? Mine have been in since 2000 
I have an old english axle from a classic capri, which I think has 9 inch drums can check if its any good to you.
cheers Lars but its for an atlas.
Not the end of the world, I will drop The 8" plates at the blasters in the morning.
Just pissed as I wanted to put it on its wheels today. Oh well alsways next weekend.
thats a bugger,it not to hard to get over you sort it
Claire and I played lathe top trumps at Stoneleigh. Mine has a 9"swing in the gap but Claire won on account that her lathe actually works
I had one with a 12" swing but sold it for a very small one so I could build the car in the garage. Doh
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Originally posted by liam.mccaffrey
Claire and I played lathe top trumps at Stoneleigh. Mine has a 9"swing in the gap but Claire won on account that her lathe actually works
By the title I thought it was Sunday sing along. Name the song and artist. Unlucky with binning the wrong bit, can you not dig it out the bin?
Not with out a time machine
I think ive been building this for five years now
Mine will swing 19" in the gap 
Do I win?
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Originally posted by flak monkey
Mine will swing 19" in the gap
Do I win?