Re: [Amc-list] Any tricks in removing the drums?

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

-- Bruce Griffis <bruce.griffis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Okay - I have the car on jack stands, and a floor jack under the
> differential for good luck. Took off the left rear tire. Saw there is
> no grease cap. Took the cotter pin off. Can't budge the castellated
> nut that holds the drum on. Tried going left. Tried going right.
> Sprayed everything down with WD40. No happiness.

eep!! Get a TSM!!! :-)

The drums just press lightly onto the hubs, and can be pulled off with twi 
fingers -- yeah rigt, when the car was new 40 years ago! Today, it's frozen 
on with rust -- but nothing else.

The hub is a nasty press-fit with cut splines It stays on.

My trick is to drill a 1/8" hole about 1/16" deep, right where the drum 
meets the hub in the center. That's where it rusts on; it's a close fit to 
center the drum.

Then squirt some Kroil or other penetrant into that hole; it creeps in. Rap 
the drum all around with a 2 lb hammer (not wailing it, don't dent it!), to 
shock loosen it. Add juice. Try heat.



> Also - once I know what kind of brakes I have in the back - do I
> assume they are the same in the front? It's a '65 Rambler American 330
> 4 door sedan, no power brakes, manual transmission, 195.6 CU OHV 6. Or
> take off a drum in front and double-check for good luck.

Should be the same brakes front and rear on that car, drums shoes and all.

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