Might be time to get yourself a wheel puller. I own a Cornwell which attaches via the lug bolts. You can then extract it. Otherwise, tons of solvent, oxy-acetylene torch followed by shoving a block of parafin wax onto the axle, and don't forget the age-old 100-taps rule. Anytime you tap with a hammer, tap it a 100 times before you stop. I would venture to guess if you give yourself time, you will succeed. I had a 1967 bus brake drum that was seized - took a week of my grandfather tapping, squirting solvent, etc. before the wheel puller would get it off. Once the splines rust, it's really tough breaking that molecular bond.
Erin ----- Original Message ----- From: "pete" <[email protected]> To: "Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 11:06 PM Subject: [vintagvw] Stuck brake drum > Hey gang, > Trying to get to a leaky wheel cylinder on the rear of my 66 bug. 36mm nut > is off. Brake shoes are adjusted all the way in. Drum spins freely. > Liberal amounts of pb blaster applied. Drum won't pull off. Bang with big > f'ing hammer all over and it won't budge. Autozone tool rental doesn't > have a puller big enough to reach the edges of the drum. Anyone have tip > or trick to get this thing off? Thanks. > -pete > Fairfield, CA > > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw > _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
