hub won`t seperate from drum

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sun Jan 20, 08 7:47 pm

I`ve just started fitting bigger drums to the front,fitted backplates,new shoes,new wheel cylinders,but the old drum is stuck to the hub(I took the whole lot off the car) , it is supposed to seperate is`nt it

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sun Jan 20, 08 7:50 pm

unless someone has a pair of front hubs (b body, suit 11" brakes)

steveo · Post by **steveo** » Sun Jan 20, 08 7:50 pm

sorry not trying to make you sound daft , i only figured this only after a few wacks with a hammer when i first got mine , you need to take the wheel bearing out , to slide the drum off the spindle

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sun Jan 20, 08 7:54 pm

I`ve been braying the damn thing for ages, using a block of wood against the hub, then direct hammer blows to the face in between the studs on the drum,not budging

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sun Jan 20, 08 7:58 pm

the complete hub/drum is off the car, I`m presuming the hub & drum do seperate

my 11" drums havent got hubs

Jon · Post by **Jon** » Sun Jan 20, 08 8:08 pm

You have undone the wheel bearing nut have you?

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Sun Jan 20, 08 8:14 pm

Assuming the drum is separate from the hub, you might find the wheel studs are holding it tight, knocking them out might do it. The other method I use to separate them, is hold it square about 3 feet above a flat concrete floor, outer wheel bearing side down, and drop it. This has a sort of slide hammer effect and the drum will fall off after a few goes. Brutal but sometimes it's the only way.

latil · Post by **latil** » Sun Jan 20, 08 8:14 pm

They are not meant to separate.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sun Jan 20, 08 8:16 pm

I have undone the bearing nut & the whole assembly is off the car,my 11" drums have`nt got hubs so I pressume the old hub/drum will seperate

or are 11" drum/hubs different from 10"

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sun Jan 20, 08 8:19 pm

are 11" drums etc different to 10" latil? it`s just that the 11" drums have no hub??

steveo · Post by **steveo** » Sun Jan 20, 08 8:26 pm

see if they are manual adjusting drums , have a look at the back on the for two oval shaped slots covered by rubber plugs /grommets , behind one of them , you will see a adjusting wheel star shaped sort of thing , use a flat bladed screwdriver , to turn the adjusting wheel , to close up the shoes inside the drum , while using another screw driver leaver the spring out the way a little , through the other hole under the grommet/plug

latil · Post by **latil** » Sun Jan 20, 08 8:27 pm

I'm sure the 10" are not meant to separate(been through this before with Wills fury

) As Blue says,they will come apart with brutality and the risk of distorting the stud flange.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sun Jan 20, 08 8:42 pm

thanks everyone apparently they have swaged studs which have to have the swaging removed so drum will seperate from hub

steveo · Post by **steveo** » Sun Jan 20, 08 8:53 pm

never heard of this before

, how odd

, glad you you know how to sort it though now