rear drums

[bootyshaker41]

Hey guys...

I am trying to remove my rear drums and I am failing miserably. I have tried a puller I have beaten the thing to death and let me tell the thing has not budged It is a 41 champion flat head six. Can somebody please help me before I go destroying something.

[41 Frank]

Do a search under "drum puller" and you will find lots of advice on ways to get them loose.

[Transtar60]

Is the puller You used designed to remove the hub with the drum??
If not you need something like this

https://www.studebakerparts.com/stud...eelpuller.html

or this:

http://www.matcotools.com/ProductImages/MST7394.jpg
There are expensive ones, cheap ones and inbetween ones.
Check with a Studebaker vendor like Phi Harris at Fairborn Studebaker or one close to you.
Check out.
http://www.studebakervendors.com/


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4E2
4E28
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7E7
8E7
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8E28

59 Lark
etc

[Roscomacaw]

If you've used anything but a proper hub puller on that thing, there's a fair chance you've distorted the drum(s) beyond any chance of re-use.

1957 Transtar 1/2ton
1963 Cruiser
1960 Larkvertible V8
1958 Provincial wagon
1953 Commander coupe
1957 President two door

[nvonada]

When I got my 41 Champ the tapered axles had been lubricated when the brakes had last been rebuilt (circa 1984!). It took a scary amount of tension on the puller to get them off. Heating (at least to propane torch levels) did not seem effective. Eventually it took my Dad and I with me tightening the puller while he beat on it. When they let go it sounded like a rifle shot.

Note that before we got that violent with it I put the reversed nut back on the axle and a small plate of 1/4" steel between the puller and the axle to prevent damage.

I guess the moral of the story is your drums are not really tight until you break a puller on them. Good luck!


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