HD Rear Brakes for 73' SE

[73SEBrougham]

I'm looking for information on what other model Mopar cars and trucks rear brake assemblies that will swap into a 73" SE. I've heard that all I need to do is pull the back plate to drum from a suitable donor vehicle and mount them to my existing housing. My SE is an M-coded 400-2bbl with an 8 3/4" chunk (not a SG) and standard brakes. I'm doubling the horsepower and needing additional braking in the back.

Any assistance will be appreciated.

 

[nstyle73]

Do you have the 10" drums now? If you can find the 11" backing plates, you can buy everything else from a parts store pretty reasonably.

 

[moparmarks]

I have 11x2.5" rear brakes if interested.

 

[Lazerwolf]

Not sure exactly, but I think C bodies had 11" x 2", which are not as desirable as 11" x 2.5".
+1 on moparmarks with the 11" x 2.5".
Just as a FYI, I have a 74 SE and did some research. Last fall I switched over to green axle bearing since one rear seal was leaking. With the front disc supplying roughly 70% of braking, I was not gaining much going to 11". To me, it was not worth the extra cost and weight to switch to 11", as I already had all the 10" brake hardware. My other thought was if I really wanted to upgrade the rear braking, I would switch to disc, maybe later.

 

[73SEBrougham]

I have the rear backing plates from an old dodge van that look similar, and they are 11". I'm guessing that they will work, huh?

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What exactly are we looking at here? Backplates and all?

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I saw that my survivor 73 SE has all HD suspension and brakes, plus my #2 project 73 SE has the same (Both are U-code). I'm just wanting to upgrade both project #2 and #4 to the same suspension and braking. I'm not looking into doing any road racing or anything like that. Just upgrading my street cruisers.

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I'll be looking into that as soon as I bet back in the States.