Chris,
When I had the same problem with basically ALL the screws on my TR3, I used
an impact driver and they came out in just seconds. I've since used it on
several other screws, and it works more often than not. You can always
resort to drilling out if it fails, but it feels much nicer to be able to
just unscrew them intact.
Dave Moag
77 Spitfire
62 TR3B
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-spitfires@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-spitfires@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Chris DeStaffany
> Sent: Monday, August 31, 1998 6:16 PM
> To: spitfires@autox.team.net
> Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Stuck Spit brake drum screw!
>
>
> I purchased a 1975 spit over the weekend after about 10 minutes of
> conversation with a friend. It's kinda neat story and I'll
> probably bore
> you all with it soon. However, to the problem at hand. The
> rear brakes are
> real "iffy" at best. I went to look at the shoes and, while
> one of the
> screws hold the drum on backed right out, the other wond
> budge. I gave it a
> couple of blasts of PB Blaster and put a screwdriver with a
> wrench on it and
> it bent the screwdriver. Any ideas out there. I'm wondering
> if I need to
> drill out the center and use an "easy out", never actually
> used one of those
> things. Try heat. I don't know, give me an idea. Thanks a lot.
>
> Chris DeStaffany
> 1966 Herald in a zillian pieces
> 1975 Spit on a jack with three tires
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