drums are stuck

[shinny]

hey all,

trying to remove the drums on my diff (T-18 diff) and they won't come off,

i've tried screwing 2 bolts in the face of the drums to remove them but they are too tight and the threads are getting stripped,

also tried prying them off with no luck, i think the drums are seriously lipped,


can anyone throw some more ideas up???

[todd]

Large hammer.

[driftke70]

make sure you hand brake is completely slack, then just give it one good solid wack on the face with a hammer towards the middle imbetween the studs, gets em off every time.

[Hen may possibly be a nut]

Often when I had slightly lipped drums and they got over tightened I had a hell of a time getting them off. Eventually I resorted to levering them off against the backing plate. Stuffs the backing plate, but everything still works.

Not recommended if you care too much about how they look.

Hen

[hinricp]

wind back the brake shoe adjuster all the way - will get you under the lip

[Hokey]

yeh wind back adjuster is good. prolly have to lever them expect to break stuff/bend backing plates. i fkn hate working on drums with a big lip on them. just keep levering and they'll eventually come off.

Calvin

[RobertoX]

Lol, don't use brute force till they come off... just wind back the adjuster through the windown on the backing plate, it can be a little fiddly but better than bending stuff

[Hen may possibly be a nut]

Can you wind them off through that window? I always assumed that you wouldn't be able to push the rachetting arm off the star shaped part of the adjuster, and so couldn't back it off. Then again I never could be arsed climbing under there and checking too closely.

Hen

[*E7*]

is your handbrake off?

have seen it left on before.

[shinny]

haha yes the handbrake is off

cheers to everyone for the replies, i'll see how i go