Sounds like it is frozen on the splines. Try heating the drum around the splines.
On 6/12/09, No Quarter <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- Sent from my mobile device _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
