64 Dart Front Drum Removal (and more!)

camd64 said
The swage rolls over the knurl area of the stud, if you then cut this area down you are weakening the stud right at the worst possible point. plus a new stud is under 2 dollars so why risk your safety. as far as using a file or dremel you possibly could but it would take quite awhile. the tool for cutting the swage is just put in a drill and takes a few minutes to remove all of them.

I had to do the brakes (over and over again) on the wifes 67. The 2 fronts were different I guess due to previous replacement. (10" drum system) The pass front came off in one drum, races studs hub and all. you had to pop grease seal to get to the back bearing, this was all removed with, grease cap, cotter pin, crown nut cover, nut, keyed washer, if you hold your thumb over hole the front bearing won,t fall on the floor!
The drivers side however came off with just drum (like back) you could inspect brakes without removing even the grease cap! The don't sell it that way any more, (Safety) Due to: When you put drum and wheel back on it's all held together. On the 67 couple of the studs had been replaced. Not super tight anymore, a little woble, when you put it all back together, if your not real carefull you will not get wheel into center of hub and will develope high speed wobble. Mostly sold as 1 piece unit now. Good Luck!