<VV> Rusted Brake Drum

[Mike Stillwell]

 Barry - I hate to say that you might be exerting more
effort than it is worth. I have a stack of drums in
the corner. I've replaced a pair once on one of my 6
cars in 16 years of driving them (12K a year until I
lost my daily driver a couple of years ago). They just
don't wear out. I'd save your back and let them go.
 
 Mike
 YS-117

--- "D. Barry Ellison" <bars84crx at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I pulled a LM car from the woods (after cutting down
> trees around it) - 
> trying to save as much as I can for rebuilding. 
> Brake drums are rusted 
> tight.  I was able to get one off and loose but of
> course, I broke the rim 
> pounding on it.  I was able to put the lug nuts on
> and with a pipe wedged 
> between the lug nuts, I turned the axle.  That broke
> the rust enough for me 
> to get it off.
> 
> Pounded on the outer rim and pounded on the face.
> 
> The other one is also broken already, but it's still
> stuck tight.  Pipe just 
> bends the lug nuts.  Tranny's in neutral.
> 
> Heat?  Penetrant?  WD-40?  Break the rest of the
> drum apart where the shoes 
> fit?  Other suggestions?
> 
> Barry in SC
> 2 lates, 2 earlies




 
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