Bruce, don't you just love all those "won't take too long" jobs! If you
have a puller to fit drum that's great! First take a knife or box knife or
anything sharp and cut the line around the drum and axle joint. Wire brush,
blow away dust, cut or scrape more, wire brush and so on. You can sometimes
cut out quite a lot of rust and junk there. You need to clean the axle part
good too out farther to allow drum to slide off once it's loose. You may
only get it to crack the joint at first, then come loose and wiggle and etc.
Get some PB Blaster penetrant or Kroil is good, but can't buy it in stores.
WD40 isn't good enough here. Spray it up good and put your puller on and
just start to get good tension on it. Take a bigger hammer, like a 2 to 4lb.
one and wrap on the outside corner of drum. Tap it all sides. Don't have to
wrap too hard with big hammer, it just gives better dead wiehgt than smaller
ones. Let it soak overnight with tension and oil on it. Go out tommorrow and
it should pop right off I bet. Don't cut the drum, might be hard to find
one, specially on Holiday. Heat may mess up seal too. Keep cutting at and
scraping that joint with a sharp blade and oil, it should come. Just to make
sure, did the brakes work? If so, won't be shoes rusted on the drum tight
like one that's been setting forever.
G. L. Perry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Kettunen" <bekett@uslink.net>
To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2003 7:09 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] TF Rear Drum Removal
> This weekend is the one I'm using to try to go through the brakes
> on my 57 3200 with stock rear axle. Passenger side rear went great.
> Took the tire off and the drum practically fell off.
>
> The driver's side rear has been another story. I can pry the drum
> a little and can see it flex and move at the studs but can't break
> it loose at the hub. Tried penetrating oil. Tried heat. Tried
> tapping it with a ball peen hammer. Tried heat+prying+tapping.
> Didn't work. I can get a puller to pull on the rim of the drum but
> I'm afraid I'll break off the center of the drum if I pull too hard.
>
>
> There are no apparent rivets or screws holding the drum on, though
> there are 5 extra 3/8" holes in the drum that are blanked off by
> the hub flange.
>
> Am I missing something here? Is there something that should come
> loose first to get the thing off? How much can I reef on it before
> I break it?
>
> Torch off the center and get a new drum?
>
> Looking for advice from someone who has been there before.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Bruce K
> 57 3200
> Mt. Iron, MN
>
>
>
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