Geeze! Rubber mallets are only $3.00 on the all Chinese tools discount
racks, get one.
In the intern period, get a plastic dish pan, put it under the stuck drum
assembly to catch fluid, take a turkey baster (you could use a pump type
oiler but its slower) and spray kerosine, diesel fuel or any other cheap
solvent (not gasoline) , just keep pumping the solvent through any hole
you can find in the backing plate and through the two little bolt holes
on the outside of the drum.
While the first drum is soaking and draining, go buy that rubber hammer.
Them come back and work it over vigorously with the hammer.
Then do the next drum the same way.

Stan Wilder (Ben There Done That)

On Mon, 23 Jul 2001 22:04:47 EDT Rico Sapolich <JKrevnov@AOL.COM> writes:
> In a message dated 7/23/01 12:22:13 PM, sgterry@ENGINEERING.UCSB.EDU
> writes:
>
> << I didn't have a rubber mallet . . .
> . . . Can anyone offer advice? . . .  Also, any suggestions on a
> good way to
> turn the
> self-adjusting wheel behind the backing plate . . .
>
> Thanks,
> Scott
>  >>
>
> Scott,
>
> A couple of years ago, I say a guy trying to take off a knock-off
> wheel on a
> TR-3 by striking the spinner with a rubber mallet.  Last I heard, he
> is still
> at it.  Count your blessings; for this task, a rubber mallet is as
> useless as
> tits on a boar hog.  As Karl said, you need a big beater, one about
> 2 to 4
> lbs.   With that in hand, strike the outer diameter smartly towards
> the
> centerline of the van, NOT away from it.  The drum will pop off.
> Just be
> sure to aim your blow well and do not be afraid to put some smoke
> into it.
> Others have said that sriking a heavy drift placed beside the center
> hole
> will have the same effect.
>
> You need a star wheel tool or else a flat screwdriver which has had
> its tip
> heated and bent.
>
> Rich

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