Hey,,,,,.... keep hammmering.    I just last night took
off a brake drum that was on for 12 years.   Rusted to
H@##LL !   Hammering between the lugs, and at the edge
of the drum, over and over.  Took about 45 minutes.
                          Eric

tabe johnson wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>We went over this not too long ago, but my short term memory being
>what it is...
>
>I tried the hammering technique again to get the drum off the back
>of my '87 today.  I hammered about 300-400 times in total, between
>the studs.  Nothing budged.  In my frustration, I also put the lug
>nuts on and hammered on them a bit.  They studs moved inward!
>Nothing else moved though, and the studs pulled themselves back
>out when I put the wheel back on.
>
>If I'm going to take the whole assembly off, I need a 46mm
>wrench and a puller, right?  I loosen the big-ass nut, then put
>the puller on so it pulls on the wheel studs and pushes on
>the centre of the stub axle?
>
>Do I need any other special tools?  What size breaker bar do I
>need fo the 46mm wrench?
>
>Happy vanning,
>
>--tabe johnson
>xtabe@yahoo.com
>
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