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PEPPERONE
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as i said in my first post had these drums off at 50000 miles and they were extremly hard to get off & even harder to put back on. now have 61000 and at 50000 miles they had a 3/16 inch ridge on side that faces backing plate now i can not get drums past that ridge even if i retract shoes as fsr as they can go.is there a special puller i can get because they won't come off the regular way or can i just break drum with a 3 lb hammer .i belive drums are cast steel .any help would be great. thanks pepperone
Jul 6, 2007 at 6:43 AM
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i guess i was stupid not changing at 50000 miles. but got new drums new hardware new shoes & everything is okay it is the big ridge on the drums thats making then hard to get off so i guess i will drill the two retaining pins out & hope they will come off. ps the brake cable is loose the drums spin freely so its the ridge on drums.if i can't get them off by just drilling pins i will take wheel cylinder off & just bleed system. thanks for your help. pepperone just wanted to say i got drum off i sprayed some wd40 on star adjuster wheel waited about 1/2 hour & got shoes to retract & drum came off pretty easy.but when went to replace every thing shoes- hardware- & new drum had to have starwheel retracted all the way or new drums would not go on.but got it off thanks again for your help pepperone
Jul 7, 2007 at 5:29 AM