Re: [Amc-list] Subject: Pressing Hubs

[JOE FULTON <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Got the hubs off the drums today.  I put some Kroil
around the swaged lug seams and around the hub seam
and let is set for awhile.  Then screwed a lug nut
onto one lug stud at a time and pounded on each stud
with the lug nut in place so as not to damage the
threads.  Did not damage any of the studs and the hub
came free.

Thanks.  This is one time when the big hammer did not
cause me more problems than I already had.

Joe Fulton

--- Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> If you use a nice chunk of Oak or Maple they usually
> do not pose much problem getting them apart.
> Pine will work, but usually only survives about one
> drum per piece of wood!
> 
> --
> Mark Price
> Morgantown, WV
> 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
> " I was different before people dared to be
> different" 
> 
>  -------------- Original message
> ----------------------
> From: JOE FULTON <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > I tried to press the front drum off of a 65
> Rambler
> > American hub last night (no Kroil added at this
> point)
> > and the drum began to warp.  That's why I asked. 
> I'm
> > selling the hubs on a Ebay auction and the buyers
> > won't get the drums if they don't want to pay
> shipping
> > charges.
> > 
> > I was avoiding use of the "big hammer" at first
> > because I do have a Harbor Fright shop press and I
> > ususally get in trouble when I get out the big
> hammer.
> > 
> > I was also a little surprised at how much demand
> there
> > is for the hubs and spindles with bearings.  Good
> > trailer parts I guess.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Joe Fulton
> > 
> > --- Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > Yeah I neglected to say that. When drums are not
> 30,
> > > 40 years old they can 
> > > be removed without deforming the drum. That
> > > small-hole-drill trick I first 
> > > did on my 62 Ambassador in the late 1970's; one
> of
> > > our machinists 
> > > recommended it. It was on a rear drum, but it
> came
> > > off and was turnable 
> > > afterwards.
> > > 
> > 
> > 
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