11 inch drums

[dd345]

Hello I am new to the form. I drive a 1999 ford ranger 4.0 extended cab sport, with explorer leafs, and a bronco II rear sway bar. I Got 11 inch rear drums off a 1991 and below ford ltd crown victoria station wagon from the junk yard. Seeing if anybody here has put 11 inch drums on their ranger. looks like a plug and play set up.

 

[adsm08]

Most of us don't play around with the 7-fingered bastard brain-damage child of Luis Renault and just swap to discs if we want to upgrade the rear brakes. (Yes, I have a lot of pent up hostility towards drum brakes)

I have not seen it done, but I imagine you would need the backers and wheel cylinders in addition to the obvious items. I encourage you to make the attempt and let us know how it works.

 

[dd345]

I got the backing plates, wheel cylinders, parking breaking cables, basically everything. I got the idea from my father which owns a repair shop, and does this swap to his 1980-1989 lincoln towncars. These 1991 and below ford ltd crown vic station wagons and police interceptor are starting to become hard to find tho. It has been a long time since I have seen a police Interceptor with the 5.8 in a junk yard. I know discs are better, but thought this would be a cheep and easy swap. When I do get around to do the swap, will definitely post up some pictures. Just no looking to open up the rear end to pull out the axles just yet. I just put a posi rear in from a 1989 towncar only 6,000 miles ago.

 

[adsm08]

Yeah, I mean it certainly sounds do-able, especially if you already have an 8.8.

 

[martin]

They put in the rabs valve to stop the 9" brakes from locking up the wheels. I don't see any advantage, just my five cents (no more two cents here now. Canada rounds to the nearest five)

 

[gw33gp]

The rear drum brakes on a Ranger are not satisfactory when towing or hauling a load in the bed. In fact I found the 2002 front and rear brakes on my Ranger were not satisfactory as it came from the factory for just daily driving.

I installed more aggressive brake pads on the front to try to resolve this inadequacy. I did get better stopping power but the front pads were doing more than the normal share of the stopping and wore out at a fast rate. I ended up getting more aggressive friction material for the rear shoes and the braking balance came back and the braking power became more than adequate. In fact they work very well now and last much longer than the OEM brake friction material.

Installing larger rear drums is a good thing but make sure you find a way to balance the front brakes with this better braking on the rear.