I'm trying to take the drum off of my axle, it's a bit rusted and it wont budge. Already blasted it with Liquid wrench. Need to get it off so i can get it to the machine shop. Any suggestions would be kick ass. BTw it's off a EL Tacoma is that makes a differance.
Drum wont come off.
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shoes are probaby still too tight. Go threw the adjuster hole in the backing plate and loosen them up and it should come off.
Or try the bolt in the hole trick as well on the front .
Or try the bolt in the hole trick as well on the front .
I can't remember, but one way lets you spin the star wheel easily, the other way it hangs up on a tab and prevents you from spinning it. *Thats* the way you have to go. You need a second screwdriver to push that tab away from the star wheel, then spin it with the tab moved. Much easier said than done.Rwhat said:
I *think* you spin the wheel down, move the teeth towards the ground if it was mounted.
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tools:
- flathead screwdriver
- BFH
procedure:
- disconnect negative battery teminal
- put vechicle in gear
- apply the parking brake
- make sure the tire is block
- put on eye protection
- put on ear protection
- get the phone book
- call the local county office to see if it is legal to work on your vechicle in this manner
- call the EPA to make sure you can use the required cleaning solutions, and if not the approved ones
- i got mine off by putting the screwdriver between the backing plate and drum and then hitting the drum with a hammer at 180* from the screwdriver, repeat around drum at 45* incriments. then i just slides off after you get a around the drum a few times.
- flathead screwdriver
- BFH
procedure:
- disconnect negative battery teminal
- put vechicle in gear
- apply the parking brake
- make sure the tire is block
- put on eye protection
- put on ear protection
- get the phone book
- call the local county office to see if it is legal to work on your vechicle in this manner
- call the EPA to make sure you can use the required cleaning solutions, and if not the approved ones
- i got mine off by putting the screwdriver between the backing plate and drum and then hitting the drum with a hammer at 180* from the screwdriver, repeat around drum at 45* incriments. then i just slides off after you get a around the drum a few times.
Hit it a lot, or wedge a big ass screwdrivew in it and work it back and forth, or if you dont want to break your screwdriver, use a chisel.
As for the rear drums thing- yes, they do suck, apparently what was wrong with my ebrake on my last truck (HARDLY worked, and wouldnt pull out more than 4 clicks) Was that someone halfassedly rigged it together, worse than even I would have done it, which I didnt know until just now looking under my other truck, and that ebrake works AWESOME.
That doesnt give them any more stopping power though, I was looking at this- http://www.jcwhitney.com/product.jhtml?CATID=14754&BQ=jcw2
To substitute an ebrake, it would be a 4 wheel lock
Dave
As for the rear drums thing- yes, they do suck, apparently what was wrong with my ebrake on my last truck (HARDLY worked, and wouldnt pull out more than 4 clicks) Was that someone halfassedly rigged it together, worse than even I would have done it, which I didnt know until just now looking under my other truck, and that ebrake works AWESOME.
That doesnt give them any more stopping power though, I was looking at this- http://www.jcwhitney.com/product.jhtml?CATID=14754&BQ=jcw2
To substitute an ebrake, it would be a 4 wheel lock
Dave
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