Recommended Vendors For Complete Brake Kits?

[Old Moparz]

I'm replacing everything that mounts to the backing plates in an 8-3/4" rear & was wondering if there is a vendor that sells it all as a package?    

The shoes, springs, adjusting cable, wheel cylinders, etc., basically everything in the photo.  (Don't need the drums) I want to order it, open the box & just bolt everything on brand new. The rear & the backing plates are cleaned up, painted & detailed, so the crusty stuff needs to go.

[1974dodgecharger]

Dr. Diff....not a vendor here I don't think, but very helpful.

[Mopar Nut]

http://www.musclecarbrakes.com/stage36572charger.html

Not a vendor either.

[Old Moparz]

Dr. Diff's package looks like a good one & reasonable. 

Muscle Car Brakes sounds like a good upgrade, but a lot more than I want to spend.

Thanks. 

[MaximRecoil]

Dr. Diff's package looks like a good one & reasonable.  

$100 just to rebuild the rear brakes, and that doesn't include new drums?

I know you want them all in a single package, but if you want to save some money, this is what you need:

Brake shoes (quantity = 1, e.g., Centric 112.04450)
Drum Brake Hardware Kit (quantity = 2, e.g., Dorman HW7129)
Drum Brake Self Adjuster Repair Kit (quantity = 2, left and right specific, e.g., Dorman HW2528 and HW2529)
Wheel cylinder (quantity = 2, e.g., Dorman W78734)

I bought all that stuff for my rear brakes (10" × 2½") a few years ago for ~$60 (the prices haven't really changed; you could even get all that stuff cheaper if you tried).

Keep in mind that whether you buy the parts separately or buy that all-in-one kit from Dr. Diff, you won't get new wheel cylinder push rods, and those were very rusty and pitted in my car. You can't get them from any parts store that I know of, though there are some on eBay (link) and other places for a ridiculously high price (~$25 each, you need 4 of them [2 per wheel cylinder]). You also won't get the emergency brake strut levers. Those can also be found separately online (http://www.jimsautoparts.com/brake.htm for example), for about $40 a set.

[Old Moparz]

Saving money is always good, but the Dr. Diff price I am looking at on their site is $75 for everything but the drums.    Drums run from $35 to as high as $95 a piece depending on where you look.

http://www.doctordiff.com/10-x-2-1-2-drum-brake-rebuild-kit.html

I have to contact them though, I need this for a small bolt pattern 8-3/4" A-Body set up & don't see it listed. I have to double check but I am sure I have 10" x 1-3/4" drums.

[MaximRecoil]

Saving money is always good, but the Dr. Diff price I am looking at on their site is $75 for everything but the drums.    Drums run from $35 to as high as $95 a piece depending on where you look.

http://www.doctordiff.com/10-x-2-1-2-drum-brake-rebuild-kit.html

They are $75 without brake shoes; it has an option to add brake shoes for $25 ($100 total). My brake shoes cost $23, so if you dropped them from the parts I bought, the cost would be $37.

[Old Moparz]

Saving money is always good, but the Dr. Diff price I am looking at on their site is $75 for everything but the drums.    Drums run from $35 to as high as $95 a piece depending on where you look.

http://www.doctordiff.com/10-x-2-1-2-drum-brake-rebuild-kit.html

They are $75 without brake shoes; it has an option to add brake shoes for $25 ($100 total). My brake shoes cost $23, so if you dropped them from the parts I bought, the cost would be $37.

Okay, I missed that but saw the photo of the shoes & assumed they were included. 

I sent an email to them & they don't carry the ones I need anyway so I just saved $100.   

[gschmidt211]

This guy seems to have what you are looking for.  The prices seem pretty high. 

http://www.jimsautoparts.com/brake.htm

I am doing the same thing you are.  However, I am using 11" drums and while at O'Reilly auto parts last week discovered they had what I needed.  They even had it the items in stock.  They can get me drums if needed, but the ones I have just need to be cleaned and probably cut.  However, they can do that too.  The shoes cost $30.  Got home and they matched up to the old ones I just removed, so he parts seem right.  You may want to start at your local parts store, namely O'Reilly's.  Autozone and Advanced said hey could get the items but it would take a few days and I had to pay in advance.

[Old Moparz]

Yeah, Jim's has always been a bit high. Tomorrow I am hoping to hit a small auto parts store at lunch time that is closing up for good soon. They have been around forever but the owner is retiring & can't sell the shop. Everything is 50% off now & that includes things he orders. We use this shop at work to get parts so I know the history.

Thanks.