i got a spring kit for my 10 inch rear drums and it did not come with the one spring that i need it is about an inch long and it is oval shaped and it goes near the middle of the drum assembly does any body know where to get this piece

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1973 plymouth duster 225 slant six .30 over, erson 270 cam, 9.5 to 1 compression, big valves, headers, and a holley 4 bbl
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I think you're referring to the oval anti-rattle spring on the parking brake strut. It is very standard - many models, years, brands will interchange fine. I got a brake kit from Paddock made by Rabestos that included them, but I'm pretty sure any good parts place can still get them. I also recall having seen them in the blister packs, so carry the broken one or a ruler along. Many brands and years look a little different, but work the same.

Some places carry the parts, but can't look them up, so you've got to know what it looks like.

thanks so much i went all around town to napa autozone carquest and the hardware store and i was so angry

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1973 plymouth duster 225 slant six .30 over, erson 270 cam, 9.5 to 1 compression, big valves, headers, and a holley 4 bbl
http://cardomain.com/ride/3135091

hey that thing got a hemi? naw its just a slant six

The antirattle spring is probably not something a hardware store would carry, but I've found that AMCs, Fords, and Mopars use about the same spring and in a pinch you should be able to substitute one for another.

The kits I've looked at online don't seem to carry that spring, so you may have to hit a junkyard or take a holddown or similar spring and gently squeeze it in a vice until it has about the proper shape. It isn't a very stiff.

Weird. Guess this is yet another example of parts quality continuing to fall to 3rd-world levels. Last aftermarket drum brake hardware kits I looked at were made in China, too.

A hold-down or other spring could not readily be properly modified to act as an antirattle spring, I don't think. If all else fails, the factory p/n for this spring is 4773 942. Complete Chrysler hardware kit is p/n 4636 772, and includes the antirattle spring.

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i finily found em yesterday at summners automotive in burlington N,C and they had em in stock

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1973 plymouth duster 225 slant six .30 over, erson 270 cam, 9.5 to 1 compression, big valves, headers, and a holley 4 bbl
http://cardomain.com/ride/3135091

hey that thing got a hemi? naw its just a slant six