Date: Sun, 19 Jan 97 11:27:17
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From: mdstockr <mdstockr@neo.lrun.com>
Subject: Re: Brake Drum Removal
The other day I was talking to the owner of a 1986 Westi.
He pulled out of a box a "tool" that a local mechanic made for him to help pull the rear
drums.
It consisted of a metal ring with holes drilled in it to correspond to the drum's wheel lug
bolt holds. Welded to the ring where two perpendicular tabs mounted opposite of each other,
with 3/4" holes in each.
You simply bolt this ring to the drum. Then, pry the drum off by hand or with a breaker bar
through the tab holes.
--- On Sun, 19 Jan 1997 10:03:53 -0600 Beth Young <young@sherlock.sims.berkeley.edu> wrote:
>
>On Sun, 19 Jan 1997 SyncroHead@aol.com wrote:
>
>> In a message dated 97-01-17 18:05:29 EST, young@sherlock.sims.berkeley.edu
>> (Beth Young) writes:
>>
>> > Well, you don't HAVE to remove the hub. The hub and drum on the Vanagon
>> > are "split", so you can remove the drum without removing the hub.
>>
>> True. The drum and hub are seprable.
>>
>> >Besides, that way you don't need a giant socket, a hub
>> > puller and a breaker bar capable of 360 ft-lbs.
>>
>> Sorry. Yes you do. The drum can't come off without taking off the big 46mm
>> "castle" nut. After you remove the nut, you could remove the two bolts that
>> hld the hub to the drum and then remove the drum without the hub, but I don't
>> see why anyone would want to do such a thing.
>
>Now, think about this a bit....... The drum is a COMPLETELY seperate
>piece of metal from the hub. The drum is held to the hub by the two small
>bolts and nothing else. Remove the two nuts and there is NOTHING holding
>the drum in place. YOU DON'T NEED TO REMOVE THE 46mm NUT to remove the
>hub (in theory).
>
>I throw in the "in theroy" qualifier because frequently the hub and the
>drum weld themselves together with rust, and it can be a PITA to try and
>get just the drum off. There was a recent thread about seperating the
>two in such a condition; get a big hammer and hit the drum hard to break
>the bond between the two. The other thing that can happen is the drum
>gets worn away by the brake shoes to such an entent that the drum has a
>deep (~1mm) "valley" where the shoe rubs against it, making it hard to
>get the drum off without backing off the shoes.
>
>Since you just did the year brakes on the wife's car (and, I'm assuming,
>seperated the drum and hub while you had them off) run out to the car
>RIGHT NOW (I also assume it's nice and warm where you live) and try it.
>While you have your drum off, put a small smear of grease where the drum
>and hub come together so they don't weld themselves together again.
>
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>Tom Young young@sherlock.SIMS.Berkeley.EDU
>Lafayette, CA 94549 '81 Vanagon
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Michael Stocker <mdstockr@neo.lrun.com>
North Canton, Ohio, USA
Date: 1/19/97
Time: 11:21:18 AM
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