RE: bigger drum brakes

["J. O." <JJO1967@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> We frankly wouldn't drive an A-body over 40 > mph with the 9-inch drums, for reasons having nothing to do with the brakes. > The small ball-joint-to- knuckle bolts, which are loaded in shear, are known > to snap, usually at the most inopportune time.
 
Yikes!!
 
I am about to bolt on new 9" drum ball joints and this is NOT what I needed to hear.
 
Jim Ozolins
'64 Valiant Deathtrap
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