'60 rear drums are stuck! Help...LeCrown has a death grip on its dr...

[RandalPark@xxxxxxx]

Sherwood is absolutely correct. Please be careful and use the axle nut as a 
safety on the axle so that when the drum does "POP" it won't fly off the car 
and hurt you! This can be very dangerous. There is no drum that will not come 
off, some just take longer and need more "pull". My mechanic friend and I 
cracked two hub pullers doing this job on my '56 last September. We finally got 
it off with a bigger tool.

I would highly advise against using a torch to heat the axles, and or the 
drums. 

Paul

  In a message dated 1/27/2004 7:46:01 PM Eastern Standard Time, SherwoodK 
writes:

> Group:
> 
> I just had the same problem on a Mopar of the same vintage...
> 
> You need a large puller. Put pressure on it by tightening the screw handle 
>with a sledge. Hit the drum from the side all the way around. Tighten again. 
>Hit the drum again all the way around. Tighten again. Leave like this for an 
>hour. It will come loose. It's rusted to the shoes. Repeat until you get 
> it to pop. Mine took two hours...
> 
> Sherwood Kahlenberg