Jake,

Glad you posted that one again. I had missed it somewhere along the
line. Very cool little maintenance trick.

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Jake Beaulieu wrote:
>>> On the face of the brake drum there is a 14 mm bolt that holds the drum
>>> to the stub axle flange to prevent the drum from coming loose when
>>> changing a tire.
>>>
>
> While we are talking about this little bolt... I picked up a great tip
> from the list a couple of years ago.  I drilled and tapped two additonal
> holes for this bolt into the face of the drum.  Now when I need to remove
> the drum I simply remove these bolts, then screw them into the holes I
> tapped.  The bolts push against the hub and the drum popps right off.  No
> more bashing your drum with a 10lb hammer to get the darn thing off.
>
> jake
> 82 AC Westy
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