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Re: frozen drums (1500)

To: mg boy <mgmidgetboy@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: frozen drums (1500)
From: Gary McCormick <svgkm@halley.ca.essd.northgrum.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 09:21:18 -0800
Jeff-

The method that worked for me on my 2000 was to:
1) Jack up the corner of the car with the offending drum
2) Support said corner SOLIDLY with a jackstand
3) Put a 2x4 (approximately 6 ft long, or whatever is handy) between the
wheel studs
4) Apply force to the 2x4 (by hand first - as was pointed out to me when
I offered this bit of advice once before, if you jump on it - and slip -
that could ruin your whole day!)

The advantage here is that you can apply a pretty decent force to the
stuck drum with no fear of denting, dinging or bending anything. The
softer wood is sacrificial.

Gary McCormick
’70 2000
San Jose, CA
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mg boy wrote:
> 
> Lads,
> 
> Here is a correlary to the bent frame problem.  The
> drums are frozen up pretty solid.  I tried a little
> persuasion from a hammer and was met with resistance
> (pun intended).
> 
> I am not 'skeered' to put the torch to the drums to
> free them, but is this advisable?  Removal of the drums
> will allow the frame to be easily moved to a location
> where the "real work" may commence.
> 
> Cheers,
> Jeff
> 
> Do You Yahoo!?

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