dan schalk said

Thanks to all the help on here, my 65 barracuda engine is purring like a kitten. I ordered all new brake parts and started with the front passenger side. all is good but i have a very "newbie" question. I'm replacing the drums. The front drums have the lugs and some other stuff (sorry, don't know the official name) built into them and they don't seem to want to separate to go into the new drum. Do I just hammer away or am i missing something??

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halfafish said

I will offer the following with a grain of salt, and gladly defer to any guru who disagrees. I had to deal with this question when I was pulling my drums to install front discs. After researching how to do this, here's what I recall. I believe the front studs are swaged into the drums. If you hammer them out, you will ruin either the stud, the drum, the hub, or some combination of the three. The shoulder area where the stud meets the drum has to be relieved somehow (aka grinding) before you can get them out.

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