autumn ash
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Is there anything else holding the drum on or is it just stuck from rust and to the shoes. Passender side spins freely, drivers side is hard to turn.
Yeah ill do new shoes, new wheel cylinders, new adjusters. And ill clean and paint everything else.Not going to hurt anything. Chances are, you're going to replace the shoes anyway, right? Plus, you're going to hit all the hard parts with Brake Kleen too, eh?
If you can get drum to budge without it, why tempt fate. The hammer or mallet will break the rust free as it reverberates through the drum, from the axle and the shoes.Not going to hurt anything. Chances are, you're going to replace the shoes anyway, right? Plus, you're going to hit all the hard parts with Brake Kleen too, eh?
I replaced 1000s of shoes on these and many other cars uears ago when I was a service tech. I have never seen a need to EVER use penetrating or any kind of other oil on a drum to get it off.Temp fate? Using the correct amount and type of solvent isn't a risk. What do you do when you have an axle seal leak back there? Throw the rear end away? No, you just wash it down with some solvent or gasoline to get the 90W off, replace the seal and/or bearing, and then hit everything with Brake Kleen before installing new shoes. No big deal.
In every one of those cases, it was new drums, shoes, hardware, and probably wheel cylinders and rubber lines from the blocks. So no chance of cross contamination, right?I agree that most rear drums will just pop right off with one whack of the hammer....especially in our desert type climate. Cars that have been sitting forever and some rusty back east cars are a different story. Some are so stuck that they act like they're welded on. I've had ones where I had to knock out all the studs and absolutely soak the shoes with WD40 to get them to release, or, had to grind off the heads of the pins and pull the drums with the shoes and hardware. Cars that have sat for years in a wet environment with the E-brake on can be a real challenge.
LOL, in NEVADA?? Come up here where it rusts, and here is NOTHING like some of the E. rust belt, or even over on the NW coastal areas.I replaced 1000s of shoes on these and many other cars uears ago when I was a service tech. I have never seen a need to EVER use penetrating or any kind of other oil on a drum to get it off.
Unless it has been sitting in mud for years, I can't think of reasons that the would not come off using proper procedures.
If you are going to replace the drums and everything you spray, then fine, I'll concede to your point. I wouldnt recommend any type of oil otherwisn't. Yeah spray it with three cans of brake kleen, it'll be good. Till it isnt.
A puller will get it off. It may destroy everything but the puller will win.Is there anything else holding the drum on or is it just stuck from rust and to the shoes. Passender side spins freely, drivers side is hard to turn.
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What will he attach the puller to? I've not seen one large enough to encompass the whole circumference of the drum. You cannot attach to the lug nuts, since the studs are pressed into the axle.A puller will get it off. It may destroy everything but the puller will win.
They make them. Dont make me get off the couch and dig it up. LolWhat will he attach the puller to? I've not seen one large enough to encompass the whole circumference of the drum. You cannot attach to the lug nuts, since the studs are pressed into the axle.
I know but what I was gettin at is does he have one or have access to it? lolThey make them. Dont make me get off the couch and dig it up. Lol
A few others do. My Subaru does. Nissan was the first time I learned that one and ya, not every body has the puller. The bolts are filed in my tool box.I know but what I was gettin at is does he have one or have access to it? lol
Toyota made their drums thick enough to have two threaded holes 180 degrees apart right in front of the axle flange. Just screw two bolts in and drive the drum right off. Don't know why everybody else didn't do that.
Sounds like the tapered axle puller I have. Although I have used it twice. Had it over 30 years though. It's there if I need it.A few others do. My Subaru does. Nissan was the first time I learned that one and ya, not every body has the puller. The bolts are filed in my tool box.
I was struggling with a drum when the Snap On man showed up. I told him if he could get the drum off I would buy it. Damned thing tore the shoes and everything with the drum. I bought it and never had to use it again.