drums stuck on truck

[carneyboy91]

Well I broke a front wheel stud on my 72 f100 4x4. And I attempted to remove the front drum.

This drum is clearly from factory and the rim has completely rusted away. Looking at the new studs it looks like the drum as well as hub are press fitted to the studs. I've tried excessive penitrating oil, little sledge, air chisel and even big sledge hammer to get this sucker off. Still no luck.

What am I doing wrong? Old ford in need of help.

[hedz]

pbr the adjuster and back the adjuster out on the back of the drum after its been thoroughly soaked and sat for a bit

then

huge gear puller
with
blow torch
with
sledge hammer

may take two people. do all of these simultaneously. wear safety glasses! frozen drums can explode into shards

[carneyboy91]

Alrighty I'll try that. I had propane on it. Gonna step it up to map gas. Like I said the rim of the drum is gone might be difficult to do. I'll try.

Would taking the whole hub off work?

[jimmy828]

After fighting mine for way to long i ended up taken the hub off along with the drum.

[Steel Clydesdale]

Hi, Carneyboy91-- here's how I handled this job (I removed the hub/drum as an assembly):

http://www.fordification.com/forum/view ... 30#p655724

Torch not required. I beat the H out of old lugnuts, tho. (Better than destroying the *good* wheelstuds!) You'll probably need a press to get them back in -- I rented a balljoint press. Perhap you have access to the same, or similar? I already had replacement drums; they were beyond turning.

Might as well repack the wheel bearings while you're in there, right?....

[carneyboy91]

Well the job has been complete for a while. This is the trick. Apply penetrating oil liberally and let soak for a day or so. Use junk lug nut and drive each lug back out with mini sledge just an 1/8 to 1/4 inch (watch out for drum brake innerds). Apply map gas to flats between lugs on brake drum. Give the drum a little tap and it practically falls off.

[hotrodfeguy]

I know I have had to use a sledge hammer and just beat them. Sometimes you save em if they are locked sometimes they break off. if you have the adjusters backed off all the way, it cant be hitting the ridge. Go for it.