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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: bay area, CA
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Front drums stuck, need help
I just hit myself in the eye with my hammer trying to get the front drum off. So I give up and come here for help
![]() How does the front drum come off of my 69 GMC C15? I turned the adjuster spindle all the way in. I knocked the wheel studs into the drum, thinking they might have been holding it. There are 3 studs sticking out of the drum that look like the tips have been mashed in. I don't know if those have to come out or what is the deal.
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Hilliard Ohio
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Re: Front drums stuck, need help
did you grind the rivits off the hubs? There's 3 if memory serves.
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Re: Front drums stuck, need help
if memory serves, they had a screw on the face of the drum/spindle/axle. its been a long time and I could be wrong . anyway, hope this helps. cheers, Pat
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Re: Front drums stuck, need help
You can try to remove the drum with the hub, then seperate them on the bench. It sometimes makes it easier.
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Re: Front drums stuck, need help
I was not sure if I should just break out the grinder and cut those off, or if I should take off the center nut and remove the whole thing...
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its all about the +6 inches
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Re: Front drums stuck, need help
personally, I'd just pull the hub at the spindle. You'll need a new grease seal on each one... and some new wheel studs from the sounds of it.
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Re: Front drums stuck, need help
If you just working on the brakes, remove the dust cap, cotter pin, hub nut and outer bearing to get the drum off, it all comes off as one unit. If you plan on replacing the drum then you have to grind the rivits off. Hope this helps. BTW, I too almost put my eye out on two seperate occasions trying to take brake springs off with a screwdriver ...I finally bought the right tools ...and bandaids!
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Re: Front drums stuck, need help
just remove the hub like they said// those riveted on brake drums are the originals from the factory try to keep them like that if at all possible as those drums are far superior to available replacements
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Re: Front drums stuck, need help
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Thanks for all the help guys!
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Re: Front drums stuck, need help
Some PB Blaster & a little heat goes a long way. Heat the drum evenly around the center. Often times it will pop right off.
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