Backplates

[Geoff Butcher]

I was inspecting my back brakes and noticed the backplate was distorted away from the drum , then found it was rusted right through in several places, which came as a bit of a surprise...

Backplate 2 by geoffb7, on Flickr

Backplate 1 by geoffb7, on Flickr

[ACourtney]

It is very common to see distorted backplates as they are often used to lever the drums off.
The rust around the perimeter is not too critical, but how good/bad are the rest of the plates?

They can be replaced with Mini back plates, although that will mean having to use the all steel brake adjuster set up.

[Geoff Butcher]

The main part is pretty sound. I already have a pair of new backplates, but now I'll have to find them to confirm whether they're Metro or Mini...