8.8 backing plates can not find ?????????????

[Alex978]

ford no longer makes the 8.8 backing plates for 10 inch drum brakes .i cannot find them aftermarket any ideas besides used most are rotted up here in n.e.

[conmech]

http://www.therangerstation.com/tech...lorer8_8.shtml

Hunt them down in other areas. The link I posted shows other vehicles where 10" drums could be found.

I'd even check out ebay or craigslist in other states. Put a "parts wanted" in classifieds.

[JACook]

Ranger, Explorer, and AirRoaster all used the 10" x 2.5" drums, which may be a bit too much brake for the rear
of a Fox Mustang. The backing plates used with the 2.5" wide drums will not work with the 1.75" wide brakes.
They are stamped deeper to accommodate the additional width.

The 10" x 1.75" drums came on a few ~'82 Mustangs, lots of Fairmont wagons, and a fair number of mid-'80s
Fox Cougars and T-Birds. These are still fairly common in boneyards out west, and possibly in areas of the
south and southeast that don't salt the roads.

[Jerry peachuer]

Car-parts.com (site) is a good start for anywhere in the states

[conmech]

Thanx Jeff. didn't take into consideration about the width.

[Dean_T]

The other thing is 4 lug versus 5 lug. I didn't see in the original post which lug pattern was desired. All stock Fairmont/Zephyr/LTD/Marquis/Granada/Cougar wagons were 4 lug 7.5" rears as well as the Fairmont/LTD cop cars, certain T-birds/Cougars and LTD LXs. Rangers were 5 lug.

So if you want 5-lug 10X1.75 rear drums they will have to be drilled for the 5 on 4.5" pattern.