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 > >______________________________________________________________________ >Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca > > > > |
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