Cushman Brake Drum – EZ21807-G1

Cushman built this brake drum for its personnel carriers and utility vehicles, and it carries over to the E-Z-GO platform that shares the same running gear. The drum is the friction surface the brake shoes expand against, so its inner bore has to stay round and true for the shoes to grab evenly and the vehicle to stop straight. It weighs 7 pounds and measures 3.1 inches by 1.5 inches by 6.1 inches, figures that help place it against the drum being replaced.

Cataloged as the Cushman 21807-G1, it seats over the hub and rotates with the wheel, wearing gradually as the shoes ride against it. A drum that has scored, grooved, or worn past its service limit no longer gives the shoes a clean surface to bite, which is when a fresh drum restores full braking. Because drum diameter governs whether the shoes contact correctly, match the inner braking surface of the replacement to the drum coming off the vehicle before installing. Forklifts Etc. catalogs this Cushman drum for both the Cushman and E-Z-GO applications it was made for.