I will venture a guess that your drums aren't being held on by the shoes but
that the center holes are stuck on the axles. I've struggled for days on these
before, oiling around the axle, prying the drum and hammering around the lugs to
breaks it loose. If you know someone with a torch see if you can convince them
to bring it over. I've found two or three passes around the face of the drum
(where the lug nuts are) with Oxy-acetylene and it will pop right off.
Grant
50 Chevy 3100
52 GMC 150
Jim House wrote:
> I have a 46 Chevy 1/2 ton:
>
> Thanks for all of you input on the jacks. I purchased a MVP 3 ton floor
> jack ($69.00) and MVP 6 ton stands ($24.00) from Wal-Mart. Thanks for the
> input. Now the truck is up and I am going after the breaks first.
>
> I have a question first on jack stand locations. I placed the front stands
> on the axle just under the spring u clamp connections. In the rear I then
> jacked it up from the bottom of the axle shaft. And I placed the jack
> stands on the rear axle about in line with the front stands. IS THIS
> CORRECT??? Or should the rear jack stands be placed on the frame behind the
> rear spring shackles?
>
> Well as you may know I do not have a clue of what I am doing. So all of my
> new knowledge comes from this listing and reading the shop manual. Well
> that worked great for removing the front wheels and drums. Now I have moved
> onto the back. Well I can not get the rear drums off. I can not locate the
> "break drum retaining nuts" the shop manual references. The only other help
> in the shop manual on this topic is to "remove the drums". I have turned
> down the wheel cylinder and gave great yanks to the drum. Is there a
> release that I can not see or a special way to get these drums off?
>
> Thanks,
> Jim House
>
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