Bob, Funny but I had the same experience with a 33 Chevy I had. It had a 32 rear end in it and conical axel shaft with keyway IIRC. We had done the same thing...then sitting having a cigarette with my Dad, the drum finally decided to pop off on its own..POW! We just looked at it and laughed. Made splined brake drums look easy! Eric
----- Original Message ----- From: Peter Perez Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 12:16 pm Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Stuck brake drum To: Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List > Well week one has gone by with the occasional pounding, > spraying, and pulling of the drum with no movement whatsoever. > Still haven't found a puller for rent in town big enough to use > properly. What exactly is everyones tried and true technique for > using a torch to heat the drum, spray with water (or penetrating > fluid) and subsequently applied blunt force trauma? How long do > I heat around the axle? Do I pound and pull or pull and pound? > Where do you get parafin wax? > -pete > Fairfield, CA > > > > ________________________________ > From: Robert Harding > To: Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List > Cc: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 6:59:42 AM > Subject: RE: [vintagvw] Stuck brake drum > > > Same thing happened to me with a '36 Chevy....took a week of > pounding, hitting, tapping and banging WITH a wheel puller on a > full tension! After that experience I always used anti-sieze > lube on the axle splines of any car with that set up like the > Chevy and of course the Bug. > > There is a device I bought years ago from J.C. Whitney, that > fits over the threads of the Bugs rear axle in place of the 36mm > nut. It has a domed head which supposedly you can then bang away > at without damaging the axle threads and that action will break > that rust weld or "molecular bond" as one lister called it. > > Careful heating (have fire blankets and gas/oil fire > extinghuisher handy and ready) of brake drum around axle part > and dousing with water can also help break the bond. But mostly > I'm a sledge hammer guy as that's finally broke loose the > Chevy's hub. > > Good luck and let us know how it turned out. I'm curious if any > of our "advice" worked! > > Take care, > > Bob > Albuquerque > '59 Bug > > > > > > > To: [email protected] > > From: [email protected] > > Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:06:16 +0000 > > 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 > > ________________________________ > Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. Check it out. > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
