Can anyone give the bolt size that one would use to free the brake drum? Looks like my wheel cylinder leaked and I believe the brake lining swelled. This drum is really stuck. Any help and suggestions are truly appreciated.
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So, take the backing plate off first? The backing plate has a large over hanging lip that won't allow a puller to be used without bending the thing to crap.Use a three jaw puller. It'll come off.
When I brought mine home, it had been sitting for years and the rear drums were frozen solid. The tires slid on the trailer as the winch pulled it up. It took several hours of pulling and pounding with a 16-oz ball peen hammer to get them off; I would have used a 4-lb hammer, but I couldn't get it in position to swing it. They fought me until the last 1/4-inch, then they fell off.