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Old Oct 23, 2011 | 10:50 PM
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Drums wont come off.
I'm having a hell of a time getting the rear drums off of my 1992 f150. I've pounded on them and retracted the shoes with the adjusting screw. They just wont budge. Any help is appreciated.
 
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Old Oct 23, 2011 | 11:15 PM
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I'm having a hell of a time getting the rear drums off of my 1992 f150. I've pounded on them and retracted the shoes with the adjusting screw. They just wont budge. Any help is appreciated.
PB and a bigger hammer is Ill I can say. 3lb is as big as I'd go though.
 
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Old Oct 23, 2011 | 11:21 PM
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Originally Posted by BigBlue92
I'm having a hell of a time getting the rear drums off of my 1992 f150. I've pounded on them and retracted the shoes with the adjusting screw. They just wont budge. Any help is appreciated.
Yeah you're going to have to "persuade" it to come off. Mostly with some brute force.
 
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Old Oct 23, 2011 | 11:51 PM
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I've had some luck with a hammer and a short 2 x 4 ( to keep from damaging the drum). Work your way around it until it starts to give a little. Probably it's rusted to something.

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Old Oct 24, 2011 | 07:39 AM
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If you are planning to replace the drums, then go for the BFH and let it have it. Otherwise use the ideas mentioned above. With my luck and the previous owners knowledge of how things are supposed to go I never get lucky enough to just need one part, I always plan to repalce every component of what I'm working on.
 
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Old Oct 24, 2011 | 08:01 AM
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+1 on the BFH. I've swung away with a 22 oz. framing hammer with no luck. A couple taps with a 4 lb engineer's hammer, and they popped right off.

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Old Oct 24, 2011 | 08:01 AM
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Its stuck at the axle due to rust, smack it right between the studs with a good size mallet.
 
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do you have a torch? heat up around where the drum is cut out to fit around the axel. then give it a few taps that should do the trick
 
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Old Oct 24, 2011 | 11:33 AM
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You could always pick up or rent the right tool for the job...

 
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Old Oct 24, 2011 | 11:37 AM
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Thanks fellas. I'll give it another shot with these methods.
 
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You could always pick up or rent the right tool for the job...

^Definitely the wrong method.
 
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Old Oct 24, 2011 | 01:57 PM
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^Definitely the wrong method.
Yet lift blocks on a front axle are just fine?
 
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Yet lift blocks on a front axle are just fine?
Sharp, low-mileage, Texas truck.
 
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Originally Posted by GNR22
Sharp, low-mileage, Texas truck.

 
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I aint going to sit and argue with all of you, ya know? There's nothing wrong with front lift blocks on a straight axle if you know what you are doing, and you do it right.
 
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