<div dir="ltr">Michael,<div>They absolutely are NOT essential. I've got 81000+ miles on my 1959 BT7 that do not have the dust shield backing plates installed.</div><div><br></div><div>Mark Fawcett</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Sep 22, 2019 at 8:18 AM Michael MacLean <<a href="mailto:rrengineer.mike@att.net">rrengineer.mike@att.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">If you guys don't mind, here's today's rant.  I have struggling with fitting the backplates dust shields to my BN2 disc brake conversion.  These backplates would have to be fitted before the extended splined hub is assembled on the car.  I tried every way I thought they should be put on the car, but could not get the mounting tabs to line up with the caliper plate bolts.Not even close.  I'm ready to finish the front hubs and disc brakes without the backplates.  Is there any of you guys running conversions or standard disc brakes without these things?  Do I absolutely have to put these things on the car?  Ok, that's the rant for this week.<div id="gmail-m_7768353125080615698yMail_cursorElementTracker_1569165477135">Mike MacLean<br><div id="gmail-m_7768353125080615698yMail_cursorElementTracker_1569165447694"><br><br><div id="gmail-m_7768353125080615698ymail_android_signature"><a id="gmail-m_7768353125080615698ymail_android_signature_link" href="https://go.onelink.me/107872968?pid=InProduct&c=Global_Internal_YGrowth_AndroidEmailSig__AndroidUsers&af_wl=ym&af_sub1=Internal&af_sub2=Global_YGrowth&af_sub3=EmailSignature" target="_blank">Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android</a></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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