[Roadsters] stuck drums

[Gary and Cindy Ault]

Bill,

I presume the drums are finned aluminum?  If so, corrosion between the
studs and the drum and/or between the drum and the axle at the center hole can
make removal very difficult.  It doesn't take much corrosion, either.

You can
try a drum puller.  Tension it and then tap the drum with a heavy plastic
mallet.  If the puller loosens up a bit, it means the drum moved.  Repeat as
necessary.  Be careful not to apply to much tension force -- you can break the
drum.

Since the corrosion will be aluminum oxide, there may be some solution
you can put on them drums around the studs and center hole to dissolve it.  I
don't know what solution would work, though.

Gary
________________________________
From: Bill Oakes <boakes at gmail.com>
To: Eddie
<eddietude at socal.rr.com>
Cc: datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net
Sent: Tuesday,
March 24, 2009 11:23:48 AM
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] stuck drums

Yep, should
have taken pix, but the two axles are sticking up in the air,
with the
hub/drum assembly sitting on the bench. I think what's really
holding
everything tight is the rust around the stub bolts.

Last resort is to take it
to the nearby service station and try heating them
up.



On Tue, Mar 24, 2009
at 11:00 AM, Eddie <eddietude at socal.rr.com> wrote:

> Bill,
>
> Are you saying
the AXLE has been removed from the rear end but the drum is
> still stuck to
it?
>
> Honestly, from the pictures you posted earlier, it looks like that car
was
> left to rust.  My guess is that drum is rusted to the axle.
>
> You can
try the molasses trick... or some other rust removal process...
>
> Eddie
>
>
Bill Oakes wrote:
>
>> Project #1 for the newly acquired black '68 2000 is to
get it rolling
>> easier, so, I tried to pull off the drums so the rear wheels
would move
>> better. Ugh.
>>
>> I've tried every trick I know, from soaking
everything in Kroil (great
>> stuff), to tapping all around with a rubber
mallet, to a hammer, finally
>> pulling off the whole hub assembly and taking
them out with the axles
>> (half-axles?).
>>
>> I released the wheel cylinder,
and the adjuster screw (?) at the top of
>> the
>> drum. They barely move, but
definitely not coming off.
>>
>> help?
>>
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