Re: April 13th Deadline

Posted by BigKev On 2012/2/8 10:53:10

I thing there is a fear of over tightening the puller. But obviously mechanics of the day didn't keep the customer's car overnight to wait for the drum to pop. They kept pounding on the dog bone until the drum released. My drums were on the car for at least 25-30 years without being removed and I was able to get each one off after about 10 mins of tightening.

As long as the e-brake isn't engaged, and the shoes have been backed off as not to catch, the drum should release with adequate force applied. It's basically a pressed on fitting at 200-250 ft/lbs of torque. So it will take the opposite to get it loose.