Re: 1937 packard how to remove rear brake drum ?????

Posted by Faust On 2009/3/25 19:01:39

This is not from Packard experience, it is from kid experience with my '57 Chevy. The instructions were to heat the hub of the drum until you heard a "ping", before trying to pull the drum. I used a propane torch at the time.

So, I don't think a reasonable amnount of heat will hurt. These days I would use Mapp Gas.

For what it is worth, distant memory is that on the Chevy the lugs were mounted to the axle flange.