abother newb question - replacing front drum on 63 c10
 

firstly - always check your wheel lug nuts. in my hasteto drive my new truck i didnt and i almost was killed at 60 mph. truck started shaking like mad. luckily i got off the hiway and a mile from my house. then my luck sort of ran out as my front drivers wheel decided it didnt want to stay with its 3 siblings and went its own way across the road. i was shaken up and i need to order a new old drivers fender as mine got thrashed. plus the cost of a new drum and hardware. in the grand scheme of things i am lucky i nor anyone else wasnt hurt so the couple hundred dollars is small change. but it could have prob been avoided if i had taken 3o minutes and my air wrench to inspect all the major bolts.

so now i got a new drum from autozone and got the old one off. my new problem: the old one appears to either be cast? o welded to it a pice that holds the bearing assembly. the new hub is merely just the drum with a large hole in the middle where the bearing would go. do i need to somehow retrofit the old drum inner bearing piece on the new drum or did i just get the wrong drum? id have no idea how to remove the old piece and retrofit it?

the old drum has a small flat spot about 1 inch long where it impacted the road. it spins fine and i can prob replace the 1 sheared lugnut or even all of them. do you suggest this or do i just need to make sure i get the correct part? the new drum seems to be the right diameter and it is 6 bolt pattern but no way to install the bearing and bearing assembly?

ok i see what i am talking about now: http://www.lmctruck.com/icatalog/cbe/full.aspx?Page=92
in the top right it is this piece i need to transfer to the new drum. guessing ill need to heat it and press it out? maybe just easier to get the sheered lug stud out and replace it?

Re: abother newb question - replacing front drum on 63 c10
 

The original brake drums were riveted to the hub with 3 rivets. You will need to locate those, and grind the heads off and drive the remainder out the back side with a big hammer and a punch. Then you can install your new drum onto the hub. There is no need to install new tivets to hold the drum to the hub. I would recomend replacing all 6 of the wheel studs while you are at it. Better to be safe than sorry

Re: abother newb question - replacing front drum on 63 c10
 

The original set up has the drum and hub assembly as one by way of rivets.

Cut off the heads of the rivets, knock out whats left and reinstall the hub on the truck like normal. Afterwards the drum will slide on with no problems.

Re: abother newb question - replacing front drum on 63 c10
 

Cap't Fab..... AKA "quick draw" !

LOL.

Re: abother newb question - replacing front drum on 63 c10
 

What he said....:lol:

Re: abother newb question - replacing front drum on 63 c10
 

thanks all
i was able to get the sheered off stud off the original drum and replaced it. i think i am going to just use that for now as i had it looked at and was told it was still fine. the truck is going to my mechanic next week for a thorough inspection and if he says otherwise I'll have to go to plan B - disk brakes.

Re: abother newb question - replacing front drum on 63 c10
 

If the wheel came off and the drum hit the ground, as you described, you will be better off by replacing it.

Better safe than sorry.

Re: abother newb question - replacing front drum on 63 c10
 

glad your ok,great time to do that front disk brake conversion.just thinkin!:smoke: