I'm getting ready to rebuild my rear hubs. Is there a trick to pulling the disk hub off? I vaguely remember having to screw a bolt into the hub to pry it off. Anyone know the size bolt that is required? Thanks.
Pulling rear brake drum off
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To pull the full floating rear axle hub, you would need a M8 x 1.25mm bolt (actually a couple of them) with the ends smoothed off to minimize damage to the hub. Chase the threads with a bottoming tap if you can before you start.
I was able to just grab the rotor and wiggle it until it came off
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Great. Thanks for the quick reply.
Don't forget to back the parking brake shoes off before you attempt to pull the rotor.
yeh back off the brake shoes through the adjuster hole in the drum. If you pry it off you could wreck some of the hardware inside.
