Re: Brake drum removal 1948 22nd Series

Posted by todd landis On 2014/7/1 4:19:01

There is a complete link here, that someone else will be able to find for you. Make sure you have the correct heavy duty puller. Don't want to over do things as you don't want to break the drum. If you don't have a torch, go to Home Depot and get mapp gas, a nozzle, and ignition tool. Heavy sledge hammer, good back, and PATIENCE. I usually give it a few wacks, tighten, again several times. Heat up slowly with Mapp gas, few more wacks, heat a bit more, more wacks. Do NOT need to over heat the hub to red, just getting it hot will do. Keep tension on wheel. Go watch some tv, so you can wind down and stop cussing at yourself about that stubborn wheel. Have a good nights sleep, and sometime during the night the wheel fairy stops by and there is you drum loose on the shaft. Never had one pop more that a couple of inches, but wise to put moving blankets under the wheel in case it should pop completely off the axle. Or keep the axle nut on axle. Make sure brake pads are not putting pressure on the drum. A little penetrating oil along the way will not hurt anything. On my 39, 12 had to drive ten to fifteen minutes with the axle nut just a touch loose, to break those loose.
If there is a rubber or fibre gasket under the axle nut, pry them out with jewelers screwdrivers or something similar.