William, If you are lucky enough not to know what a tire chain is I suspect that you have not also heard of the term chain monkey. Some of us live in climates that have snow. Tire chains are those things required by california on interstate 80 and hiway 50 to get into the mountains when it is snowing hard. I used an old tire chain to pull the drum because a lot of people have these thing laying around. Actually any chain or anything that you can secure around the drum so you can pry the drum loose will work. I think that wrapping and tightening the chain around the drum actually distorts the drum a bit so that it pops off more easily. Now william the most important thing here is I hope you never need to actually use a tire chain for what it is designed for which is to go in snow. I came from Iowa and we never needed them there, just in california and oregon and I am far to old to want to ever use a tire chain again but perhaps to pull a drum. So what do you think a chain monkey is? many happy miles, gary
Gary, what is a tire chain. I've never heard of one. William
> Steve and all, > Removing a stuck drum from the hub is > easily accomplished by wrapping a tire chain around > the drum and clamping it with a bolt. The position > of the chain is critical but obvious when you do the > job. With the right piece of wood and a pry bar you > can pop the drum off by pulling agains the chain and > axel. I think the sticking drum is from a tight fit > in the center, something common to a lot of vehicles. > gary
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