<VV> removing brake drums rusted to shoes

[Rick Norris]

I have done the same on a 65 car with all wheels frozen, Big hammer...ummm 
good! Beat! Beat! I was beat afterward and it was a hot muggy evening. Cold 
beer never tasted so good!

Rick Norris
#36 Sunoco Corvair
www.corvairalley.com



>I had what I considered the mother of all frozen brake drums.
> Used a 4wd vehicle to drag the car out of the low lying garage with dirt
> floor it was in.
> All 4 wheels frozen.
> Dragged it down their concrete driveway, still all frozen.
> One wheel at  time I beat on them relentlessly with a sledge hammer until
> they turned, or broke.
>
> Lets face it, if they are frozen bad enough, they will be junk when you 
> get
> them off anyways.
> Most people have spares, and the shoes and hardware are already shot.
> As it turned out.
> The owner of this car, when faced with an estimate on what it would cost 
> him
> to make it roadable again, decided to sell it to me for parts.
> And it really was no more than a parts car.
>
> Gary Swiatowy
>
> From: "Clark Hartzel" <chartzel at comcast.net>
> Subject: <VV> removing brake drums rusted to shoes
>
> Andy K:  cutting the heads off the little nails is only part of the 
> problem.
> The shoes are still retained by the pullback springs.
> What worked for me once was dragging the car out of the dirt floor garage 
> it
> was in with a tow strap and when the wheels hit pavement and got traction
> they both broke loose.  I say both wheels as the fronts won't be seized,
> only the rears if the e-brake was left on.  I don't know where your car is
> located but try dragging it around on pavement before taking more severe
> measures.
> Clark Hartzel
>
>
>
>
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