<VV> EM front brake drum rivets
Chris & Bill Strickland
lechevrier at earthlink.net
Mon Nov 9 16:23:08 EST 2009
>Drill out the wheel not remove the rivets as they are there for a reason.
>
Without factual proof or reasoning, this statement is hearsay -- the
only reason they are there is that is how they used to build them (hub
riveted to drum as an assembly) before they realized the lug nuts and
wheel hold the drum to the hub just fine. The Corvair brake drum centers
quite well on the hub for normal usage. It's sort of like
[It'sortalike - one word] early disc brake rotors where they were cast
as part of the hub and were $250 each to replace (1980 dollars) -- now
many are $25 and fit loosely over the wheel studs. The only thing the
rivets really did was they kept some dufus on the assembly line from
putting the front drums on the rear. And somebody had a job (riveting
hubs to drums).
[note: the previous statement is also hearsay]
Drill out the rivets! [this is an opinion - mine, different than
Gene's, supported by the fact that none of my earlies have front drum
rivets]
Maybe you need longer studs, too.
Bill Strickland
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