Re: [AMC-List] Front drum stuck to hub

[Mark Price <markprice242@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

What Frank said, Except, I'd press the new studs in.
If you use a lugnut to pull them in, Don't use the same nut for all the studs!
It's hard on the threads. Use lots of lube!
--
Mark Price
markprice242ATadelphia.net
Morgantown, WV


---- "Swygert wrote: 
> The drum doesn't just come off like the rears do -- as you've found out!
> You have to remove all the studs first. This can be done by using a big
> hammer. Support the hub inside the drum if you want to save the old drum
> just in case you need it later. You will have to replace the studs, but
> they are generic items and easy to find. You just need 1/2" threads and
> the same length (a slight variation in length won't hurt). 
> 
> Once the lugs are out, place a rag under the hub with the outside
> sticking up. This will cushion the hub when it falls. Place a piece of
> 2x4 across the hub and whack it a good blow or two. It should pop right
> off the drum. The PB Blaster around the enter won't hurt a thing! You
> shouldn't have to remove the bearings, but you should replace the rear
> bearing seal while you have the hub off. The bearing will fall out once
> the seal is removed. 
> 
> Put the new drum on the hub, and carefully install the new studs in. Put
> a stack of washers on two opposite studs and use a lug nut turned flat
> side against the washers to draw the hub on and those two lugs in. Try
> to draw them evenly. Repeat with the other lugs. Make sure the lugs seat
> all the way. When you put the wheel on for the first time, drive it
> around a couple miles making sure you make some left and right turns,
> then retighten the lugs. The driving/turning should ensure the lugs are
> drawn up all the way, retighten just in case they weren't.  
> 
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