As was mentioned in another reply, you probably need to go at the drum with a hammer. Rust can form between the inner face of the drum and the outer face of the hub, "glueing" one to the other. Hit the flat face of the drum, right near the outer circumference. You'll probably need to hit it plenty hard, and several times, to loosen things up.
On Sun, 28 Feb 1999, Don R. Preston, Jr. wrote: > I can get the rear passenger-side wheel off, but I cannot get the drum off, > no matter what. I have adjusted the geared adjuster (accessed through a hole > on the inside of the brake) and loosened the parking brake up. Alas, no > go... --------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Young young@sherlock.SIMS.Berkeley.EDU Lafayette, CA 94549 '81 Vanagon --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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