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    12/11/2020 9:20 AM  #1

    MS
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    Remove a frozen brake drum



    Stole this off youtube.

    I guess a drum costs mire than those crappy little jacks, but not sure how it would grip the drum on a mustang.  Food for thought.

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

    12/11/2020 10:46 AM  #2

    Nos681
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    Re: Remove a frozen brake drum

    I saw that recently as well.

    Would have to make a clamshell setup like removing p/s pulley.

     

    12/11/2020 10:48 AM  #3

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    Re: Remove a frozen brake drum

    Or lots of other rear drums.  I found that an angle grinder with a cut-off wheel works fairly well.  Of course the drum is sacrificed.

    "you get what you pay for, good work isn't cheap, and there are NO free lunches...PERIOD!"
     

    12/11/2020 11:31 AM  #4

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    Re: Remove a frozen brake drum

    That might work on the front as the hub, bearings and drum come off together. You would have to make sure you didn't muff up the spindle. The rears that method aint gonna work.

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

    12/11/2020 12:21 PM  #5

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    Re: Remove a frozen brake drum

    One of the things Dodge got right on Caravans was a threaded hole on the rear drums.  Insert bolt and as long as it doesn't strip you are golden!

    If multiple things can go wrong, the one that will go wrong will be the one that causes the most damage.
     

    12/12/2020 7:58 AM  #6

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    Re: Remove a frozen brake drum

    HF has those jacks pretty cheap.  I have a 20 ton one I use to pick up houses with when doing structural work.  Best $30 I think I've ever spent on a tool. 

    I have found that spraying all the surfaces where the drum and axle or hub meet with Kroil and letting it sit for a day works magic as well.  I had one frozen to the axle in my '86 IROC.  I pulled the shaft out with the drum still frozen in place.  Applied liberal amounts of Kroil.  The next day, one whack with a deadblow mallet and the drum fell right off. 

     

    12/12/2020 8:29 AM  #7

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    Re: Remove a frozen brake drum

    a pneumatic hammer vibrating the fillings loose in the stuck drum to help the penetrating oil do it's job also works wonders

    1968 T-code Coupe with a 302.  Nice car, no show stopper for sure, but I like it.
     

    12/12/2020 5:02 PM  #8

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    Re: Remove a frozen brake drum

    big hammer, drums were already broken, then they became even more broken.
     

     

    12/12/2020 8:51 PM  #9

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    Re: Remove a frozen brake drum

    Blue tip wrench!

     

     

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