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Guest		#1 Posted : Thursday, 13 January 2005 10:46:24 PM(UTC)
Rank: Guest Groups: Guests Joined: 2/09/2015(UTC) Posts: 43,977 Was thanked: 5 time(s) in 5 post(s)		Hi all, whats the best way of removing a drum brake drum where the drum is stuck on the axle in the center??? I know its not the shoes holding it in due to a lip on the drum, its definately locked hard in the center. Cheers Dre

Guest		#2 Posted : Thursday, 13 January 2005 11:48:31 PM(UTC)
Rank: Guest Groups: Guests Joined: 2/09/2015(UTC) Posts: 43,977 Was thanked: 5 time(s) in 5 post(s)		Go for a drive and give the brakes a good warm up. Get home quick and take the wheel off. Apply some WD40 or similar to the hub(lots of it), and back the brakes right off. Use a wooden or rubber/nylon hammer to assist dislodging it. ( also, not saying you

Guest		#3 Posted : Friday, 14 January 2005 1:23:51 AM(UTC)
Rank: Guest Groups: Guests Joined: 2/09/2015(UTC) Posts: 43,977 Was thanked: 5 time(s) in 5 post(s)		Yepp oodles of WD40 to the 5 wheel studs too !!

Guest		#4 Posted : Friday, 14 January 2005 5:46:18 AM(UTC)
Rank: Guest Groups: Guests Joined: 2/09/2015(UTC) Posts: 43,977 Was thanked: 5 time(s) in 5 post(s)		You can lightly heat the drum with oxy-accetelene and it should nearly pop off ! otherwise bash it

Guest		#5 Posted : Friday, 14 January 2005 10:27:21 AM(UTC)
Rank: Guest Groups: Guests Joined: 2/09/2015(UTC) Posts: 43,977 Was thanked: 5 time(s) in 5 post(s)		Put the wheel nuts on so they cover the threads in case you miss (screw the well o if you only put them on a couple of threads and nudge them they will go over sideways and stuff the threads) and belt the centre of the axle with a 5 pounder a couple of ti

Guest		#6 Posted : Friday, 14 January 2005 10:29:17 AM(UTC)
Rank: Guest Groups: Guests Joined: 2/09/2015(UTC) Posts: 43,977 Was thanked: 5 time(s) in 5 post(s)		Also make sure you have slackened off the brakes.

Guest		#7 Posted : Saturday, 15 January 2005 3:00:48 AM(UTC)
Rank: Guest Groups: Guests Joined: 2/09/2015(UTC) Posts: 43,977 Was thanked: 5 time(s) in 5 post(s)		Thanks for the advice all, that has certainly given me something to go on, much appreciated! Cheers Dre

Guest		#8 Posted : Saturday, 15 January 2005 10:13:58 AM(UTC)
Rank: Guest Groups: Guests Joined: 2/09/2015(UTC) Posts: 43,977 Was thanked: 5 time(s) in 5 post(s)		that's ok Dre we are all pretty good at giving gratuitous advice!

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