The pics say more than I can about this. How do I get this off? I’ve taken the 6 bolts off. It won’t budge.
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The pics say more than I can about this. How do I get this off? I’ve taken the 6 bolts off. It won’t budge.
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Grab a Haynes Manual or FSM and do some research. It’s not necessarily a hard job but there are steps that need to be taken. There are a handful of videos about knuckle rebuilds on YouTube that show it apart.
The brake rotor(not cylinder) is attached to the spindle via the lug studs. The entire spindle needs to be removed to separate and replace.
Like Mark said, you don‘t need to take the hub off to get to the cylinders. First, make sure the cylinders are adjusted down as far as they can go. If you are still having a hard time getting the drum off, get some heat onto the drum with a torch to get it to expand a little off the shoes and the drum should pull off.
so I would pull off the hub connected to the brake drum as one piece?
Is this drum brake axle? It looked like it was a disc setup(from my phone).
If it’s drums, the drum will slide off over the lockout.
thanks ! It’s a drum.
so I would pull off the hub connected to the brake drum as one piece?
No, just the drum will come off. It will slide off the hub. The drum looks like the picture below. The hub fits through the hole in the middle. The drum is all you need to get off to get to the cylinders. Getting heat on the drums helped me get them off. I had to wear thick gloves so my hands didn’t get burned but it worked great. Also, give the drums some smacks with a rubber mallet to loosen it a little from the hub. Like @scoutingranch said, some crud on the hub can easily stop the drum from sliding off.
Again, make sure your cylinders are backed all the way down so the shoes are not up against the drum.
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Oh yea, you‘ve probably already done this but make sure you remove the Phillips head looking screw that holds the drum secure to the rotor.