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1. Removing Brake drum screws... (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 22:01:27 -0700; On my recently aquired GT6 the rear screws holding on the brake drums are rusted solid. They will not budge even with a good soaking of liquid wrench and quite a few number of hits from an impact dri; /html/triumphs/1996-06/msg00564.html (7,802 bytes)
2. Re: Removing Brake drum screws... (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 00:33:27 -0400; The drums are not the real risk -- if you mess up drilliing the screws out, you will harm the threads in the axle flange :-( Try heating the screws (and obviously everything around them, but concentr; /html/triumphs/1996-06/msg00566.html (8,374 bytes)
3. Removing Brake drum screws... (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 19:01:15 -0700; On my recently aquired GT6 the rear screws holding on the brake drums are rusted solid. They will not budge even with a good soaking of liquid wrench and quite a few number of hits from an impact dri; /html/triumphs/1996-06/msg00569.html (7,727 bytes)
4. Re: Removing Brake drum screws... (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 20 Jun 96 00:23:55 MDT; Tom, That's about it. I would suggest however, if you have a die grinder or Dremel, you use one of these instead of drilling. The slot in the screw is going to create havoc with a drill bit. The scr; /html/triumphs/1996-06/msg00570.html (8,584 bytes)
5. Re: Removing Brake drum screws... (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 20 Jun 96 00:30:24 MDT; Karl, Sorry, I'm not trying to nit-pick or but in, but I think I would avoid using heat on these screws. It only takes about 250 degrees F to burn up the axle seals. Seals are a much more difficult; /html/triumphs/1996-06/msg00571.html (9,371 bytes)
6. Re: Removing Brake drum screws... (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 07:06:19 -0400 "Re: Removing Brake drum screws..." (Jun 20, 12:33am); [snip of original article] I tend to agree with Tony on this. If you screw up the threads, so what? The primary reason for the screws is to keep the drums on during assembly and maintenance. If the t; /html/triumphs/1996-06/msg00577.html (9,180 bytes)
7. Re: Removing Brake drum screws... (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 20 Jun 96 07:28:45 EDT; I'll second (or is it third it?). When my TR-3 was my only vehicle, I left those silly screws off. They're almost more trouble than they're worth and really do very little. Damaging the hub by overhe; /html/triumphs/1996-06/msg00579.html (8,478 bytes)
8. Re: Removing Brake drum screws... (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 08:44:54 -0400; OK, OK, OK... of course the screws aren't required, and yes, I agree that the seal would be easy to ruin with too much heat. I came home after a long, bad day, read the post, and (maybe like I've don; /html/triumphs/1996-06/msg00584.html (8,468 bytes)
9. Re: Removing Brake drum screws... (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 20 Jun 96 6:57:12 MDT; I recently learned a neat trick for removing these screws. It is going to be hard to explain in words ( a demonstration is worth 10M words). You need a heavy sharp pointed punch, a good quality cente; /html/triumphs/1996-06/msg00587.html (10,026 bytes)
10. Re: Removing Brake drum screws... (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 10:55:30 -0900 (PDT); This sounds like a great idea; wish I'd thought of it about a hundred times ago! ;-) Meanwhile, I might suggest this: Drilling has always worked well for me. Yes, you do have to be careful, as it isn; /html/triumphs/1996-06/msg00591.html (9,728 bytes)
11. Re: Removing Brake drum screws... (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 20 Jun 96 10:29:41 CDT; Another tool that is handy for screws like this is a hand impact driver. (at least it works good before you strip the slot) Mine looks like a solid pipe about 1.25" diameter and about 8 " long. It ha; /html/triumphs/1996-06/msg00593.html (10,551 bytes)
12. Re: Removing Brake drum screws... (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 20 Jun 96 14:31:35 MDT; Karl, Don't take it personally. I just happened to be maybe a little more awake than you at the time. Hey, it's the thought and willingness to try and be of help to others that is really important.; /html/triumphs/1996-06/msg00612.html (8,751 bytes)
13. Re: Removing Brake drum screws... (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 21:52:55 -0400; Fellow Motorheads, What if Leyland had been watching their production process with a Detroitcalibrated cheapness eyeball, and just deleted those durn R brake drum screws, maybe it would have made the; /html/triumphs/1996-06/msg00614.html (8,224 bytes)
14. Re: Removing Brake drum screws... (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 23:31:57 -0400; Thanks, Tony, but I didn't take the replies personally, but I personally feel really bad about giving really bad advice -- I just flipped off a quick reply without thinking. I only wish I'd never act; /html/triumphs/1996-06/msg00618.html (8,144 bytes)
15. Re: Removing Brake drum screws... (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1996 00:36:20 -0400; My local restoration mech. taught me the virtues of a product called Kroil. Used on neighbors 30 year old Ford brake drums, five min's of soak time, and done! Jerry Lloyd 74 TR6; /html/triumphs/1996-06/msg00656.html (7,650 bytes)
16. Re: Removing Brake drum screws... (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sat, 22 Jun 96 00:21:25 MDT; Yeah, but we are talking BRITISH CAR here. No doubt a high quality domestic product will fail. Have to use the cheap stuff like "parafin" and a BMFH. Regards, Tony TTFN; /html/triumphs/1996-06/msg00657.html (7,862 bytes)

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