When I re-did my brakes, way back before the disc brake conversion, I was surprised also that the front drums were delivered sans hubs. I asked the NAPA guy it they could swap the hubs, and he directed me to a tire store down the street where there is a guy.... I took my old drums, with hubs, and new drums down to the tire store. When I went into the tire store with my request, the guy behind the counter kinda looked around to see that no one was watching, and in a very low voice, said "Ok, leave 'em here and come back tomorrow." The next day, I came back and met the guy who actually swapped the hubs. I paid him ($20 as I recall), directly, no receipt, and he slipped the money into his pocket.
From my experience with new hubs: HAVE THEM TURNED! Don't just use new hubs as-is. Also, if you can find a place that can do it, HAVE THE SHOES ARCED!
I used my new hubs as-is, at first. The car shook like like mad whenever I applied the brakes. I think the NAPA store was able to turn them. That took care of the shaking! They couldn't do the arcing however. This is a process where they shape the shoes to exactly the same radius as the drums. Because I didn't get this done, the brakes became only gradually more effective as the shoes wore into the drums' radii.
Gary MacDonald
ROGER's...
EX... '63 Hardtop
Had...
Scarebird front discs
200 w/ CI alum head
C4
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