Re: [Amc-list] Removing hub from drum - press, hammer or replace

[Archimedes <Freedom@xxxxxxxx>]

Bruce,

You said:


>Okay - the left front drum on my car was simple. Just take off the
>wheel, back off the brake adjuster, and the drum came off. Replacing
>it was simple. Right side - not so simple. I can't get the hub away
>from the drum. No luck with a hammer. I priced out pressing out the
>hub. Fifty bucks at one shop. Ninety two bucks at another. So - are
>replacement hubs available? I didn't see them at Rockauto or
>Napaonline. I'd like to try and determine if it would be better to
>press it our or simply replace it.
>
>I used a rubber mallet. I used a 10 pound weight on the studs. I lined
>a fifty pound dumbbell up over the center of the hub and hit the
>dumbbell it with a ten pound weight. I think I either need to press it
>out or replace it.
>
>I did not hit the studs with a cold chisel yet - I'm thinking the
>studs are swaged. Not sure if a 1500 pound press would "convince" 'em
>to let go.
>
>The other side of the question: since the drivers side hub just slid
>right off, it wouldn't be swaged. Does it need to be? Or do the bolts
>take care of that.


This might be obtuse and obstinate, but did you remember to take off the three small retaining screws that hold the drum to the hub?

-- Marc



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