drum brake wont come off need some help

[sean]

iv looked on Eric’s youtube channel and cant find how to get a stuck drum that doesn’t have bolt hols in the front and iv tried smacking it with a hammer and heating it up but still doesn’t seem to want to come of. if you have any suggestions on how to get the stuck drum please help starting to get annoyed at it

Topic

[Jerry Gilles]

I had that with a trailer hub and I sprayed penetrating oil on the part where it was rusted on to the axle and let it sit for a good while and figured It had to come off even if I ruined it .I took a sledge hammer and hit it very hard top bottom and side to side .I did that a few tomes and it finally started to break loose. . Once it was off I took sand paper and sanded the rust off ,put a new tire on it with some grease on the contact point ares and it was ok. I would say giver a lil more whack with a sledge top and bottom .If you dont care about the hub I would get it red hot where its rusted on just one spot and as soon as its red hot hit it real hard a few times.

[Tom]

I have always relied on a bit of heat and penetrating oil around the studs, and hub, and a good solid beating with a big hammer, working on opposite sides alternately. That is to say, you whack the snot out of one side of the drum a few times, then rotate the drum 180 degrees and whack the snot out of it again. Also, sometimes hitting the front of it, driving it back onto the hub a bit will help to break it lose I’ve never had one NOT come off that way, but if that absolutely isn’t doing it for you, you could try something like this:

http://www.eastwood.com/brake-drum-remover.html?fee=7&fep=43&SRCCODE=GA220010&adpos=1o1&creative=83580269820&device=c&matchtype=&network=g&gclid=CjwKEAiA7f-yBRDAgdv4jZ-78TwSJAA_WdMa0ZR0EDWbD2kdMM0N85TorKY083fURepUcUrjFcGhlxoCzzDw_wcB

Once you get the bugger off there, clean up the hub area really good, and a touch of never seize should help to keep the next one from permanently attaching it’s self.

[sean]

yea we tried all that but it was getting a little loose but we go mad and cut it offf and replaced the whole drum

[Its me]

Another technique is to grind the backs of the pins off on the backing plate from behind….

Karl

[EricTheCarGuy]

There’s actually a tool for this.

http://www.jbtoolsales.com/otc-6980-heavy-duty-brake-drum-puller#oid=1002_1

[Author]

Replies