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Old 03-13-2011 | 12:02 PM
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So working on the truck all has went well so far other than my stuck drums. I have the adjusting screw all the way in and they still won't come....they are not rusted.i can pry on them and see them move...my shoes seem to have worn a huge grove in the drums themselves. So where to go from here.i thought about trying to cut the drums n half that's how pissed I am
 
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Old 03-13-2011 | 01:32 PM
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If they move at all on the axle/lugnuts.... just rack 'em back and forth. A lip builds up on the edge of the drum, and it can sometimes be fun to get 'em off.

Whack 'em HARD with a BFH a couple times to shake things up a bit.
 
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Old 03-13-2011 | 01:34 PM
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I had the same thing happen to my old S10. Get a sledge hammer. And start hammering around the edge from the back. And it will come off.
 
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Old 03-13-2011 | 01:41 PM
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drum puller

sledge hammer

i also have had good luck with a air chisel and a flat bite
 
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Old 03-13-2011 | 01:41 PM
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I have been beating up the drums for 4 hours this morning have them soaked alll night and beating since 6 am this morning and its 1 o clock now...i got one side off but I had to pry it off with 2 pry bars between the drum and back plate thing
 
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Old 03-13-2011 | 01:51 PM
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You sir need a bigger hammer
 
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Old 03-13-2011 | 01:53 PM
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I use a three pound single jack. It can be VERY convincing.
 

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Old 03-13-2011 | 09:10 PM
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ok got it off 2 pry bars , a torch and a sledge hammer and 3 people it was a odd gang bang but we got it off and i could tell it was stuck it cracked and the weight fell off of it
 



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