Frustration with drum hub

furydan said

Thats what I did..now I have very shaky brakes till I can get all new..The old studs are SWEDGED in to lock them into the hub and have to be cut out or you risk bending the hub or the drum..Been there..done that.
There is some kind of swedge cutting tool, but I cant find one.

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You don't need a swedge cutter (but it's a lot easier with one). take drum and hub off and just drill the head of the lug stud from the backside with a 1/4 then 1/2 inch bit till you get down about 3/16 or 1/4 inch, smack the rest of the head off with a chisel and drive em through from the back side. It won't bend the hub hog out the holes or ruin the drum at all and you can then put in all right hand threaded studs so the tire guys don't twist em off for ya.. I just got done swapping hubs and drums on the 66 dart and then decided to go to disc. so the drums came off again and i used the orginal hubs for the disc conversion , it was easy this time.