Re: 83 Eagle rear brake drums

[Wayne E LaMothe <superglider@xxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the response.  I went with my gut and a little heat and the
BFH and they are off.  One of the wire rope type retainers on the pass
side was unhooked but since it is all apart I am putting new shoes and
drums on tomorrow if NAPA has em in stock.  Normally if I call early they
can have them on the 1 pm truck.  I will be posting pics tomorrow since
the modem connection here at home is too frustrating even with an
accelerator program.  The price to pay for living in the mountains.

Thanks
Wayne
superglider@xxxxxxxx, Lake George, NY
http://209.105.133.60/~superglider/index.htm
88 Jeep J10, 85 Wagoneer
66 Ambo 990 wagon, 69 Ambo DPL
83 Eagle wagon Limited

On Sun, 06 Mar 2005 19:05:00 -0500 Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx> writes:
> Wayne,
> 
> Look to see if there are three screws holding the drum on to the 
> axle 
> flange. I don't know how long AMC did this but it was done in the 
> 60's. 
> Also, there may be a clip over one or more wheel studs that you need 
> to 
> remove. The clips are usually tossed during the first brake job but 
> you 
> never know. Also, this topic came up in the past few months and 
> there were 
> several ways people came up with to free a stuck drum. You may want 
> to 
> search the archives at http://www.amxfiles.com for ways to remove 
> them.
> 
> Matt
> 
> At 03:41 PM 3/6/2005 -0500, you wrote:
> >Just got the new 83 Eagle home and noticed the rear brakes are 
> real
> >touchy.  Went to inspect the rear brakes and the drums don't want 
> to come
> >off.  Surprise.  The Chiltons (never liked them) says to remove the 
> axle
> >nut but the next pic shows the drum removed and the axle nut still 
> on.  I
> >don't think the nut has to come off and it looks like the drum 
> should
> >slide over everything, just needs a little more heat to persuade 
> it.  Who
> >has a definitive answer?
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Wayne
> >superglider@xxxxxxxx, Lake George, NY
> >http://209.105.133.60/~superglider/index.htm
> >88 Jeep J10, 85 Wagoneer
> >66 Ambo 990 wagon, 69 Ambo DPL
> >
> >83 Eagle wagon Limited
> 
> mhaas@xxxxxxx
> Cincinnati, OH
> http://www.mattsoldcars.com
> 1966 Rambler Rebel
> 1967 Rambler American wagon
> 1968 Rambler American sedan
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