As well, slight tapping on the drum may be necessary to loosen possible rust
that may be holding the shoe to the drum.
Regards,
Doug Pewterbaugh
dpewter@msn.com
Denton, TX
49 3104 216 5-Window
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Bailey <billb@gamewood.net>
To: Brinkman <brinkman@warwick.net>
Cc: oletrucks@autox.team.net <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, April 25, 1999 9:02 PM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Drum brakes
>At 09:48 PM 4/25/99 -0400, you wrote:
>>Does anyone out there have any Ideas on the best way to get a siezed
>>front brake drum off?The wheel doesn't turn at all.I noticed there
>>doesn't seem to be a bleeder valve on the wheel cylinder.Any Ideas?
>>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>>
>
>Had this happen one time when I was trying to get an old F*rd F100 to roll
>so I could get it out of my way.
>First thing I tried was to back off the shoes using the star wheel adjuster
>that you can access through the backing plate. That didn't work so then I
>had to resort to a special tool designed expressly for this purpose. It's
>part number is FoMoCo PN# BFH-25lb.
>In other words..a big freakin hammer. Of course I was not interested in
>saving the drum, only trying to get that darn thing out of my way.
>I guess the moral of the story is to try backing off the shoes with the
>adjuster.
>Bill Bailey
>57 Chevy 3100
>http://members.tripod.com/~oltruck
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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