Re: [Chevelle-list] rear brake drum
Did you find that ³knock-out² piece on the front of the drum? ER From: Reply-To: The Chevelle Mailing List Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 00:10:57 + (UTC) To: BOBBY Subject: [Chevelle-list] rear brake drum I have a 70ss and I cant seem to be able to get the rear drums off. There is no adjustment slot in the backing plate so I cant move the shoes in. I have beat on them and pryed and prayed and they still wont move. Does anybody have an idea or a sure fire method. Thank you all Bob Lancaster
Re: [Chevelle-list] rear brake drum
If the drum is frozen to the studs or the center, I have had wonderful success with PB Blaster - PB Penetrating Catalyst. It's about $5 in most parts stores and works better than penetrating oils to separate parts that have been together for a long tine. Dennis - Original Message - From: Jim H. Thompson To: 'The Chevelle Mailing List' Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 7:06 AM Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] rear brake drum The is a slot. It has a breakaway tab. You will see an indentation at the bottom of the backing plate just use a punch to knock it out. Use a lot of rust buster like WD40 etc on the studs. Let it sit over night then wack the side of the drum towards the face a couple of times all around. Good luck From: chevelle-list-boun...@chevelles.net [mailto:chevelle-list-boun...@chevelles.net] On Behalf Of rml...@comcast.net Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 7:11 PM To: BOBBY Subject: [Chevelle-list] rear brake drum I have a 70ss and I cant seem to be able to get the rear drums off. There is no adjustment slot in the backing plate so I cant move the shoes in. I have beat on them and pryed and prayed and they still wont move. Does anybody have an idea or a sure fire method. Thank you all Bob Lancaster
Re: [Chevelle-list] rear brake drum
You can cut the head off of the stud that holds the brake shoes to the backing plate. There are 2 studs each shoe - 4 each side.Without the studs, they should almost falloff. On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 3:39 PM, wrote: > If the drum is frozen to the studs or the center, I have had wonderful > success with PB Blaster - PB Penetrating Catalyst. It's about $5 in most > parts stores and works better than penetrating oils to separate parts that > have been together for a long tine. > Dennis > > > > - Original Message - > *From:* Jim H. Thompson > *To:* 'The Chevelle Mailing List' > *Sent:* Sunday, March 01, 2009 7:06 AM > *Subject:* Re: [Chevelle-list] rear brake drum > > The is a slot. It has a breakaway tab. You will see an indentation at the > bottom of the backing plate just use a punch to knock it out. > > > > Use a lot of rust buster like WD40 etc on the studs. Let it sit over night > then wack the side of the drum towards the face a couple of times all > around. > > > > Good luck > > *From:* chevelle-list-boun...@chevelles.net [mailto: > chevelle-list-boun...@chevelles.net] *On Behalf Of *rml...@comcast.net > *Sent:* Saturday, February 28, 2009 7:11 PM > *To:* BOBBY > *Subject:* [Chevelle-list] rear brake drum > > > > I have a 70ss and I cant seem to be able to get the rear drums off. There > is no adjustment slot in the backing plate so I cant move the shoes in. I > have beat on them and pryed and prayed and they still wont move. Does > anybody have an idea or a sure fire method. Thank you all Bob Lancaster > > -- Rick Schaefer 72 TPI El Camino
Re: [Chevelle-list] rear brake drum
rusted fast drums aRGHH.. If the drum rottates, ,then it;s just the lip, ,and exposing as described and backing off the brake adjuster. it the shoe is locked and you can't turn the drum... The drum then becomes disposible.. IMHO and a BFH wwith some well plased blows makes peices of the cast drums. YMMV From: jimthompso...@gmail.com To: chevelle-list@chevelles.net Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 10:06:55 -0500 Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] rear brake drum The is a slot. It has a breakaway tab. You will see an indentation at the bottom of the backing plate just use a punch to knock it out. Use a lot of rust buster like WD40 etc on the studs. Let it sit over night then wack the side of the drum towards the face a couple of times all around. Good luck From: chevelle-list-boun...@chevelles.net [mailto:chevelle-list-boun...@chevelles.net] On Behalf Of rml...@comcast.net Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 7:11 PM To: BOBBY Subject: [Chevelle-list] rear brake drum I have a 70ss and I cant seem to be able to get the rear drums off. There is no adjustment slot in the backing plate so I cant move the shoes in. I have beat on them and pryed and prayed and they still wont move. Does anybody have an idea or a sure fire method. Thank you all Bob Lancaster _ Hotmail® is up to 70% faster. Now good news travels really fast. http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_70faster_032009
Re: [Chevelle-list] rear brake drum
some of the drums have a slot that you can knock out on the face of the drum then you can get to the ajustment wheel - Original Message - From: rml...@comcast.net To: BOBBY Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 6:10 PM Subject: [Chevelle-list] rear brake drum I have a 70ss and I cant seem to be able to get the rear drums off. There is no adjustment slot in the backing plate so I cant move the shoes in. I have beat on them and pryed and prayed and they still wont move. Does anybody have an idea or a sure fire method. Thank you all Bob Lancaster
Re: [Chevelle-list] rear brake drum
The is a slot. It has a breakaway tab. You will see an indentation at the bottom of the backing plate just use a punch to knock it out. Use a lot of rust buster like WD40 etc on the studs. Let it sit over night then wack the side of the drum towards the face a couple of times all around. Good luck From: chevelle-list-boun...@chevelles.net [mailto:chevelle-list-boun...@chevelles.net] On Behalf Of rml...@comcast.net Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 7:11 PM To: BOBBY Subject: [Chevelle-list] rear brake drum I have a 70ss and I cant seem to be able to get the rear drums off. There is no adjustment slot in the backing plate so I cant move the shoes in. I have beat on them and pryed and prayed and they still wont move. Does anybody have an idea or a sure fire method. Thank you all Bob Lancaster
Re: [Chevelle-list] rear brake drum
I had 2 so bad on a parts car that I had to cut them off. What a pain that was. 1st drum I spent 2-3 hours messing with. 2nd drum was about 10 minutes (now that I had it figured out where/how to cut them). ;-) Sorry, I don't have any good suggestions. rml...@comcast.net wrote: I have a 70ss and I cant seem to be able to get the rear drums off. There is no adjustment slot in the backing plate so I cant move the shoes in. I have beat on them and pryed and prayed and they still wont move. Does anybody have an idea or a sure fire method. Thank you all Bob Lancaster
[Chevelle-list] rear brake drum
I have a 70ss and I cant seem to be able to get the rear drums off. There is no adjustment slot in the backing plate so I cant move the shoes in. I have beat on them and pryed and prayed and they still wont move. Does anybody have an idea or a sure fire method. Thank you all Bob Lancaster
