Re: Brake drums wont come off suggestions?

Posted by fred kanter On 2011/6/13 17:14:40

I just googled "how to use" "brake drum puller" and came up with over 1 million references. Most of the leading ones referred to cars like GM's where the drum is placed on the axle flange and there is no keyed tapered axle like Packard. The puller they explain and show is a light duty 3 jaw gear puller, not the behemoth that is needed on Packards and similar vehicles.

A light duty gear puller weighs 3-4 pounds, a heavy duty drum puller weighs 20 pounds. The pullers I've used have a center shaft whose top end is machined so that years of pounding will not mushroom it and make teh removal of the "Dogbone" handle impossible. I have seen many experienced mechanics pound on the end of hte puller it the force of the Dogbone turning with a smaller hammer does not work.