Re: [Amc-list] brake drums

["Jay" <jciampi@xxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the info Matt. I just never figured that that is the way to 
change out brake drums these days. I will get around to doing them as soon 
as I get my new rear drums from Rockauto this week and replace the other 
rear axle bearing. I found out that someone in the past had not tightened 
the rear hub down to 250 ft/lbs and so the hub was NOT onthe axles shaft all 
the way and therefore it was "wobbly". it wasn't a bent hub or axle after 
all. When I tightened the hub down last week, I tightened it to 100 ft/lbs 
with my  torquewrench, then I used a borrowed torquewrench to tighten it the 
other 100 ft/lbs left. The last few pushes on the wrench handle forced the 
hub on all the way and I heard it bottom out and the wrench told me I had 
reached the 250 ft/lb limit.  Long story, but that is how it went.  Now to 
do the RH rear axle bearing. BTW, the axle bearing was sort of sloppy after 
102k miles and 41 years. It got replaced and lubricated with  Valvoline High 
temp. synthetic wheel bearing grease.

Jay
Lake Placid, FL. 

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