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    6/20/2020 11:15 AM  #1

    Steve69
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    Best way to remove hubs from the front brake drums?

    Looks like Im going to have to take them to a machine shop or buy a press at Harbor Freights.  Is that the best solutions?   Im going to buy MS big brake brackets and upgrade the front and rear brakes on my 69 Mustang.  

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    6/20/2020 11:32 AM  #2

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    Re: Best way to remove hubs from the front brake drums?

    Pressing them out is the best way....trying to pound them out is damaging

     

    6/20/2020 11:34 AM  #3

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    Re: Best way to remove hubs from the front brake drums?

    Use a blue tip wrench on the drum and smack it with a hammer, should jump right off.
    Make sure you back off the shoes first.

    Last edited by Rudi (6/20/2020 11:47 AM)

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    6/20/2020 3:46 PM  #4

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    Re: Best way to remove hubs from the front brake drums?

    Called the Farmer next door and he had a press.  Well the Drums were not spared.  They broke in to pieces.  I didn't need them anyway.  Got the hubs out.  Got the wheel studs pressed off.  Had to take a hair chisel to get the rest of drum off the hub.  Being together for 50 years they were stuck pretty good.  

    Thanks for the help!

    Steve69

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    6/20/2020 5:46 PM  #5

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    Re: Best way to remove hubs from the front brake drums?

    Love them Hair Chisels! They work the best.
     

    Gary Zilik - Pine Junction, Colorado - 67 Coupe, 289-4V, T5
     

    6/20/2020 6:21 PM  #6

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    Re: Best way to remove hubs from the front brake drums?

    I need a hair chisel, havn't been to a barber in anfew months.

    Good work ain't cheap, Cheap work ain't good!   Simple Man
     

    6/20/2020 10:21 PM  #7

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    Re: Best way to remove hubs from the front brake drums?

    RV6 wrote:

    Love them Hair Chisels! They work the best.
     

    . lol.

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    6/21/2020 8:29 AM  #8

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    Re: Best way to remove hubs from the front brake drums?

    If you use a cutoff wheel and remove the swedged part of the studs, then drive the studs out of the hub, the drum will come off fairly easily.  You MUST support the back side of the hub as you drive the studs out to keep from bending the hub flange, though.  This is the best method if no press is available.

    My method, using my press, is to place the open side of the drum facing down across the bridge of the press   Then place a 1/2” thick plate on the bearing snout of the hb, so the ram acts on that plate.  Then, start pumping.  When you hear a loud WHAM, you can remove the hub and discard the pieces of brake drum laying everywhere.  Then press the studs out using proper backup behind the flange as mentioned above. 

    Use longer Dorman 610-441 Studs or equivalent, available through MustangSteve.

    Money you enjoy wasting is NOT wasted money... unless your wife finds out.
     

    6/21/2020 5:16 PM  #9

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    Re: Best way to remove hubs from the front brake drums?

    MS wrote:

    If you use a cutoff wheel and remove the swedged part of the studs, then drive the studs out of the hub, the drum will come off fairly easily.  You MUST support the back side of the hub as you drive the studs out to keep from bending the hub flange, though.  This is the best method if no press is available.

    My method, using my press, is to place the open side of the drum facing down across the bridge of the press   Then place a 1/2” thick plate on the bearing snout of the hb, so the ram acts on that plate.  Then, start pumping.  When you hear a loud WHAM, you can remove the hub and discard the pieces of brake drum laying everywhere.  Then press the studs out using proper backup behind the flange as mentioned above. 

    Use longer Dorman 610-441 Studs or equivalent, available through MustangSteve.

    Hey MS,  Are the same studs that I would use on the rear axles too?

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    6/21/2020 6:18 PM  #10

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    Re: Best way to remove hubs from the front brake drums?

    Rudi wrote:

    I need a hair chisel, havn't been to a barber in anfew months.

      Just making sure your paying attention...LOL  
     

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    6/22/2020 7:26 AM  #11

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    Re: Best way to remove hubs from the front brake drums?

    Steve69 wrote:

    MS wrote:

    If you use a cutoff wheel and remove the swedged part of the studs, then drive the studs out of the hub, the drum will come off fairly easily.  You MUST support the back side of the hub as you drive the studs out to keep from bending the hub flange, though.  This is the best method if no press is available.

    My method, using my press, is to place the open side of the drum facing down across the bridge of the press   Then place a 1/2” thick plate on the bearing snout of the hb, so the ram acts on that plate.  Then, start pumping.  When you hear a loud WHAM, you can remove the hub and discard the pieces of brake drum laying everywhere.  Then press the studs out using proper backup behind the flange as mentioned above. 

    Use longer Dorman 610-441 Studs or equivalent, available through MustangSteve.

    Hey MS,  Are the same studs that I would use on the rear axles too?

     

    Yes

    Money you enjoy wasting is NOT wasted money... unless your wife finds out.
     

    6/22/2020 10:25 AM  #12

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    Re: Best way to remove hubs from the front brake drums?

    MS wrote:

    Steve69 wrote:

    MS wrote:

    If you use a cutoff wheel and remove the swedged part of the studs, then drive the studs out of the hub, the drum will come off fairly easily.  You MUST support the back side of the hub as you drive the studs out to keep from bending the hub flange, though.  This is the best method if no press is available.

    My method, using my press, is to place the open side of the drum facing down across the bridge of the press   Then place a 1/2” thick plate on the bearing snout of the hb, so the ram acts on that plate.  Then, start pumping.  When you hear a loud WHAM, you can remove the hub and discard the pieces of brake drum laying everywhere.  Then press the studs out using proper backup behind the flange as mentioned above. 

    Use longer Dorman 610-441 Studs or equivalent, available through MustangSteve.

    Hey MS,  Are the same studs that I would use on the rear axles too?

     

    Yes

    . Thanks!

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