Are you Sure the brakes aren't still holding it on. Just because it turns freely doesn't mean the brake shoes arent' preventing it from coming off. Brake shoes ride in the middle section of the brake drum and over time will create a lip on either side of them where they wear down the material of the drum. Once the brake shoes get secured behind this lip the brake drum will not come off until you take a brake spoon and release the tension on them. on the backing plate there is a little hole take the brake spoon or a flat blade screwdriver and spin the star wheel on the self adjuster until it spins no more. you will know the correct direction quickly. if the brakes lock up you went the wrong way. I'll be honest with you I sale auto parts and have several ASE certifications. One of them being brakes--the first one I got. it has been my experience that most rusted on drums or drums that just won't come off are beacuse the shoes are behind the lip preventing them from coming off.
Brake drum Froze (rusted on)
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SteelHeadz
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Heloooo? anybody paying attention with the date on this thread? Bounty_Hunter already pointed out that this is a four year OLD thread. Mcfly?,Mcfly?!:lol:
unclebill
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Mcfly here
dont use a hammer on the drum!
do use a penetrating oil
do use a torch to heat the drum and a BFH on the brake drum puller.
that advice is from the FACTORY SERVICE MANUAL.
btw
wd-40 is a crappy lubricant.
if yer grampappy swore by it.
he was wrong.....
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unclebill
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hmmm
what does that mean as far as pertaining to this thread?
unclebill
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a brand new post is not automatically superior to an older one.
they dont spoil.
it aint milk!
