Date:         Thu, 7 May 1998 18:30:37 -0700
Reply-To:     Joseph Tu <joe@GREENCASTLE.DYN.ML.ORG>
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From:         Joseph Tu <joe@GREENCASTLE.DYN.ML.ORG>
Subject:      Re: Rear Drum removal
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Hmm, I remember also having the same problem. For me it took a really
good smakcing with a hammer on the drum. They are two piece, is it
separated from the hub? If it has, then you may just need to back off the
shoes with the star, which you can access via a hole in the back of the
backing plate. Good luck after you get them off. Those return springs are
a reallll bugger to put back in, and don't forget to adjust them properly
and turn your drums, they may be beyond turning and ahve a real nice fat
lip around the edge, this may be giving you a problem also.

Joe


On Wed, 6 May 1998, Kenn Draymon wrote:

> I'm having a heck of a time removing the brake drum from my '85
> GL.  Lug nuts off, drum bolts off, it's stuck tight to the hub.
> No amount of smacking with blunt objects or sacrificing of small
> farm animals budges it.
>
> Suggestions?
>