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Dodgin’ Death 1937-1957 Mechanical Backing Plate Kits
Dodgin’ Death 1937-1957 Mechanical Backing Plate Kits
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Dodgin’ Death Mechanical Backing Plate Kits
The backing plate that won't fail you. Now available in an easy to install kit just torque hardware and go. The kit includes top of the line brake shoes from Sugar Baby Cycles! Backing plates come with a welded precision machined block that fits into the entire brake stay. This helps minimize brake plate deflection and prevents brake tab slip. Don't risk that tab bending, plate spinning, or shoes failing upgrade now! Dodge death and stop on a dime. More info below!
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Features
- No brake plate flex
- No fear of brake plate slipping due to bent tabs
- Available in Black and Chrome
- Now Available with Sugar Baby Brake Shoes
- Fully Assembled
Kits includes
- Backing plate
- New Shoes
- Brake shoe cam, pivot, and coder pin
- Chrome Hardware
- Springs
NOTE: Brake arm and drum NOT INCLUDED!
Fitment
- Mechanical drum brakes 1937-1957
- All Drums are different read below!
About Sugar Baby Brake Shoes!
Our performance mechanical brake shoes are the best stopping shoes on the market. Cast in Canada, manufactured in the USA, our shoes feature a proprietary pad material, pre-arced, rivet free, and redesigned castings. Expect a brake that outperforms in stopping, control, and lifespan.
SB brake shoes are accurate reproductions of original Harley shoes and are designed to fit 1937-1957 style mechanical rear brake drums.
BRAKE ARCING PLEASE READ
Shoes will come will instructions of how to arc and install at home
Brake arcing refers to shaping the brake pad liner to the inner diameter of your brake drum. Arcing ensures that the drum and shoe are separated until brake is applied, then allowing full contact between the shoe and the drum. Drum brakes do not expand evenly in a circle, so pre arc, shoe with pads will NEVER fit drums correctly due to the fact that when brakes are applied the shoes are not the same SHAPE or SIZE of the drum. Sugar performance shoes are the only shoes on the market that come pre arced to a Paughco style mechanical rear drum. They are cut out of the box to expand into round when brakes are applied. While they will fit in existing Paughco drums in shape, there are variations in manufacturer and age or drum that may require you to resize your shoes manually. Arcing shoes to your specific drum will always result in the best stopping power. NEVER INSTALL A SET OF SHOES WITHOUT CHECKING FOR FITMENT.
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?
Sugar Performance are the only manufacturers of a USA made brake shoe. Material matters, our reproductions of Harley's 1937-1957 shoes are cast from high strength ductile grey iron, machined in Felton CA.
While other shoe manufactures use cheap hydraulic based liners and materials, our shoes are lined in California with speciality brake pad material developed specifically for mechanical drums. This softer material replicates the original shoe liners Harley used in the factory.
Rivets create a weak spot prone to cracking in our competitors' shoes because its cheaper than the adhesives that modern shoes and brake pads use. Our castings and shoe liners are rivet free, meaning stronger, crack free shoes.
