Stuck front brake drum

[MarPar]

Lol. That’s why I posted the pics of mine.

I saw that, but I was assuming that was a rear one! lol

 

[R413]

Guys take it easy!

The factory parts were 1 piece hub and drum.

When an aftermarket drum went on. A repair shop cut the swedges and now the drum slides on the hub like a rear drum does.

His car now has one of each on the front.

Yes you could swedge the replacement drum and hub together again, but shops are in a hurry and it does not have to be swedged again, like this car in the post.

 

[dadsbee]

Hub and drum are separate pieces. The factory swages the studs on OE assembly to make them a solid true running unit. Stud replacement can make them easily separate, but that said we changed my car over to right hand threads on the drivers side back in 1979 and swagged them again. My hub/drum do not separate!

 

[gdrill]

It can’t get any easier can it? I’m not red xing anyone!

 

[Darter6]

Oh well I tried to play the guessing game and lost.

 

[HD539]

Wait, am I understanding correctly? You didnt have to take the cotter pin and nut off of the other side front? And the studs were knocked out already?

Im cornfused. lol

Wait, am I understanding correctly? You didnt have to take the cotter pin and nut off of the other side front? And the studs were knocked out already?

Im cornfused. lol

The pic is of the driver side front. Somewhere along the line the parts were separated. The other side is one unit. I’m no longer confused, lol.

 

[MarPar]

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The pic is of the driver side front. Somewhere along the line the parts were separated. The other side is one unit. I’m no longer confused, lol.

Holy man. Ive never seen that before. That looks like a rear drum setup to me (I know it's not, cuz I see the bearing cap etc, etc)!

That's what I get for not replacing an OE drum! lol

 

[MarPar]

So that plate and hub are one piece, you slide it over the spindle and you slide the aftermarket drum over all of it. Am I right??

 

[HD539]

So that plate and hub are one piece, you slide it over the spindle and you slide the aftermarket drum over all of it. Am I right??

I don’t know the answer.

 

[HALIFAXHOPS]

 

[gdrill]

So that plate and hub are one piece, you slide it over the spindle and you slide the aftermarket drum over all of it. Am I right??

I believe this is correct. I don't recall seeing a machined splice between the hub and plate for lug nuts. I have some in my shop. I will go look.

 

[gdrill]

Swadged stud?

Hub appearing as one piece on another unit?

Replaced studs?

 

[moparnation74]

Holy cow......3 pages over this....lol

 

[Ranger16]

I had the same problem when I bought my '69 Road Runner. Drivers side came off with no problem, but the right side would not budge. It was not the studs holding it on. I could see the drum move around them as the center of the drum flexed. It was rusted to the hub. After days of trying everything from beating on it, to heat, to a 3 jaw puller, I finally threw in the towel and pulled the drum and hub together and took it to a truck repair shop down the road to have them press it off. When I went to reinstall it I could see that it was not going to go on any easier than it came off, even after cleaning all the rust. I finally had to use a die grinder with a fine stone to ease the I.D. of the drum until it fit.

 

[moparnation74]

Original drums and hubs on my X........I did not swedge them back on......Makes life easier to address the brakes.....

They are a TWO piece unit swedged on to be a ONE part from the supplier....Which saved time on the assembly line.....