First job was to remove the old drums, there is so much meat still on these shoes I wonder if the adjusters where actually working & if I was even using the rears towards the end
With the internals removed it’s a very simple job of just undoing the 4 nuts through the access hole & then pulling the axle out
With the axle out you then remove the drum backing plate
Then you try to slide on the fancy new backing plate complete with new integrated handbrake shoe mechanism
Then you slowly start to realize that no matter which way you wiggle it, or what angle you start from it’s just not going to fit….
Ok, so top tip… seems with the Ford had two different ends for their 9” diff’s….. what are known as the Small Ford & the amazingly cleverly named Big Ford
So the bracket I have is the larger Big Ford type
But the 9” diff I have is the Small Ford type
Bugger… so I’ll have to contact RRS & get the backing plates swapped over to suit my diff size now