Hi Sid and list,
Happy F.D. to you too.
Here in Oz, us dads have to wait until September for our Dads Day.
As for your brake drum problem, back off the shoe adjuster for the
handbrake (rear) or eccentric adjuster (front).
Unless the shoes are well free from the drum, it will not slide off.
Dose up the centre hub to drum area with a good quality
penetrant/water displacer like WD-40 or CRC-556.
Make sure you have removed any retaining screws that go through the
drum into the hub, my '65 1500 has 2 countersunk screws in each drum.
Squirt CRC into these screw holes as well to assist in the process.
After a good soak, tap the drum adjacent to the centre hub with a
hammer to break the seal.
It is usually the interference fit at the drum centre hole and the
wheel hub that grow together causing grief.
GENTLE levering at the drum circumference against the backing plate
will assist.
Once they part company, wire brush the surfaces to remove crud and
smear anti-sieze compound on the mating surfaces before re-fitting.
Good Luck,Regards,
Graeme Suckling
1965 SP310 - under construction DSOA Member # 112
1971 P510 4 door - daily driver, original owner, highly modified.
1972 PL510 2 door - in storage.
1973 HS30/240Z - re-building to 2003 specs.
www.imagestation.com/mypictures/index.html
Adelaide, South Australia.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of sidney
raper
Sent: Monday, 16 June 2003 11:22 AM
To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Subject: Father's Day greetings (mostly OT)
Hello all,
I wanted to wish every Father on the list a Happy Father's Day! I
hope that
yours was a great one!
For me, Father's day has a somewhat bittersweet tone - my father
passed away
on Father's day 14 years ago. Made for a dark day for many years.
That all
changed for me almost 3 years ago when our first child was born. Our
second
(added to the family this year) makes Father's day even more special.
For
those that don't have kids, you all had a father. If he is still
living,
call and say hi - even better, go visit. It will do you both good.
(don't
flame me if you have a bad relationship with your father - I am not
wanting
to fuel any fires of that sort)
Mandatory Roadster Content - I had to work on the daily driver's AC
today
(been LONG overdue), and while the system was being evacuated, I had
the
chance to work on Roadster stuff! I rebuilt 2 wheel cylinders and 2
adjustors. That brings up the problem that I am having. I have this
stuff
plus comp brake shoes waiting to go on, but I can't get the &^*^%%
brake
drums off. They have fused to the axles. Tips anyone?
Thanks!
Sidney Raper
1964 1500
1967 SRL311 00060
1967 SRL311 00076
Jacksonville Florida
http://www.geocities.com/roadsternut/index.html
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