[FC] Removing stuck brake drums

[gswiatowy at rochester.rr.com]

Need to get a torch and heat the drum so it expands away from the hub.
Then whack it with a Big hammer.

Gary Swiatowy


--- Shaun <shaun_mcgarvey at shaw.ca> wrote: 
> Easy there, partner!
> On the back of the backing plate you can see where the 2 studs that hold the 
> brake shoes onto the backing plate come through, they look like the head of 
> a nail. Grind those off. Things should get a lot easier after that...
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Andrew Sego" <andrew_sego at yahoo.com>
> To: <corvanatics at corvair.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 3:23 PM
> Subject: [FC] Removing stuck brake drums
> 
> 
> I'm trying to remove some rear drums that just won't budge. This was a 
> vehicle that was parted out. I dropped the powertrain and rear suspension as 
> a unit partially because of the locked up drums. Once it was on the ground, 
> I removed the bolts holding the A arm's to the suspension crossmember to 
> separate the engine from the suspension.
> 
> Now I have a drum, axle, and lower A arm stuck together on my bench. I'm 
> looking for ideas to separate all this. The parts I definitely want to save 
> are the axles/bearings, and lower A arms. The brake parts are fairly 
> unimportant to me, and probably useless anyway. I'd like the backing plates, 
> and parking brake struts too if possible. The rest is easily replaceable.
> 
> I think the drums are stuck to the shoes, as well as the drum center hole 
> being rusted to the axle center. This was a 64 so it has self adjusters on 
> the brakes. The holes in the drums are not lined up with the adjuster 
> wheels.
> 
> I've been thru this kind of thing before but this one is a bear. I'm 
> thinking I might take a 4" angle grinder and cut a path around the face of 
> the brake drum. Maybe if the center can break free on it's own I can get the 
> axle out and then work the brakes loose.
> 
> Do any old pros have any tricks or advice?
> 
> Thanks,
> Andrew
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