Can't find any appreciable difference between old and new drums.
New drum maybe 0.5 mm wider?
Measuring from outermost edge to inside face that meets axle hub flange

Could be I over torqued the axle nut slightly (I'm in denial about my
actual body weight?
Haha.) or that and combonation of paint made this happen. Marks are very
minor
and I see very little of those marks on other side. It is odd that the from
all but destroyed
that plug. But then how many Vanagons actually have that part installed
anymore?

Neil.

On Thursday, May 26, 2016, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

.... maybe excessive play in wheel bearings causes the lip of drum to rub
> on the backing plate?  I don't recall feeling any real amount of axial play
> at driver side wheel.
>

--
Neil n

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