<VV> Stuck Corvair

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What does one cut the pins off with?  They are flush with the backing  
plate.  Do you drill them out?
 
SVS
 
 
In a message dated 9/21/2013 9:24:51 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
xramzl1 at yahoo.com writes:

A good  trick for getting frozen drums off is to go to the rear of the 
backingplate  and cut the heads off of the brake shoe retaining pins. Then get a 
pry bar  into the bottom between the backing plate and drum and pry the 
drum off  upward. 
No hammer needed. 


RCS. 




On Sep 21,  2013, at 8:44 PM, "Gary Swiatowy" <gswiatowy at rochester.rr.com>  
wrote:

> I got a call a few years ago on one that had been stored in  a very damp
> garage.
> Had to use a 4wd truck to get it out of  the garage.
> No room to work on it inside the garage.
> 
>  Jacked up one side at a time and beat on the drums with a large hammer 
to  no
> avail. I actually cut the cables as they were froze too.
>  Finally, had to actually beat on the drums with a sledge hammer long  and
> hard to actually break the drums.
> It was a lot of work and  all brake parts and drums were junk.
> 
> The owner of this 65  4-door wanted me to fix it up for them so they could
> drive it.
>  I had brake parts at home.
> 
> Later on, I discovered, there was  not enough left of the unibody to make 
the
> car viable. The dampness  made all the floors, and the unibody crunchy.
> Body was pretty nice  overall, but the car ended up getting scrapped.
> 
> Gary  Swiatowy
>    
> From: "Steven J. Serenska"  <corvair at serenska.com>
> Subject: <VV> Stuck Corvair
>  
> VVers:
> 
> I just went to push the car out of the garage  to get it prepped to mist 
> the cylinders, etc. only to discover that I  believe the parking brakes 
> are frozen.  The lever releases and  makes the proper ratcheting noises 
> in and out, but the shoes seem  locked.
> 
> What is the recommended next step?  Pull it out  with a winch and hope 
> that the seal breaks?  Something  else?
> 
> Any help would be most welcome.
> 
>  Thanks.
> 
> Steven J. Serenska
> '65 Monza Convertible,  110/4, stuck
> '66 Corsa Coupe, 140/4, awaiting a new exhaust  system
> 
> 
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