Nova rear drum back plates.

[DAFTJOHN]

My axle is going back to discs. I have the drums and pads but not the back plates. Autovaux say there are 4 types and they only have the very latest ones for j/k reg.

Does anyone know if these will work? Not sure if there are big differences?

96 quid each...ouch

[jimbob-mcgrew]

back to drums you mean ?

what size are your drums ?

at a guess, the back plates are maybe 8mm wider than the drum size ?

[DAFTJOHN]

Sorry, yep back to drums. Ill measure up the drums. Never knew there were options - thought one fit for all

[jimbob-mcgrew]

yeah me too.
I only realised a little while back myself talking on a mk.2 astra forum
off the top of my head I think there were 2 options for that. maybe 229 and 240mm ?
im guessing theres different sized backplates for both sets of drums and shoes too

[Edd]

All Nova drums are the same

[jimbob-mcgrew]

actually you've got me thinking I might be wrong now. as some of the cars ive worked on, the drum has gone on the outside, sometimes the inside.
hmm ignore my comments, im most likely wrong lol

[DAFTJOHN]

All Nova drums are the same

Cheers, take it all backing plates will be the same? Possibly just different part numbers.

[Edd]

You will just have to make sure you get the correct handbrake cables to match the plates, same chassis number range etc

[Novasport]

Is this for the A reg? I would have thought they are the early manual adjusting type so the back plates are different. Do you have some auto adjusters in the pile of spares? I am sure either Vauxhall Green Parts or Opel Classics had the early type in stock.

[DAFTJOHN]

Yeah for the a plate, I've bought new cables. Ill need to dig them out to see what type they are.

Cheers