Please help with getting front drums off CJ-5
ronnie victor
Jeeper
I'm beginning restoration of my 1966 CJ5 (original owner; haven't driven it for 20+ yrs), and I need to re-work all brakes and brake parts. The front drums rotate, but no amount of hammering (small sledge), PB-blasting, torching, and prying has gotten them to budge on either wheel (I loosened the shoes, also).
There is no puller that I know of to place in the small space behind the drum and the backing plate to assist me.
The wheels have Warn lock-o-matic hubs (installed in '66) , and I took down part of one, thinking that I could slip off the hub with drum, but no luck. Inside the hubs I removed two expansion clips, and got down to what looks like the tip of the axle (spindle?). There are no more rings, clips, screws, etc to remove. Dead end -- although there has to be a way to get to the bearings at another time.
Note, too, that the wheel studs are serrated, suggesting to me that the drum is really snug on the studs. (but I have some notes from 1975 that I changed the shoes, so back then I apparently got the drums off with no big problem (I don't remember details after 40 years, but I don't think I tore down the Warn hubs).
I'm including three pics... and I hope they make clear what I describe.
My questions are mainly these: Do I just keep banging away, torching, and PB-blasting,knowing that no more clips are holding the hubs on axles? Is there a puller designed to pull drum/hub of this design (see pics). Can I knock in those serrated studs a few millimeters?...or does that make a bigger problem latter? Are comments/suggests are welcome, as I've been struggling for many days now -- thank you, Ronnie
There is no puller that I know of to place in the small space behind the drum and the backing plate to assist me.
The wheels have Warn lock-o-matic hubs (installed in '66) , and I took down part of one, thinking that I could slip off the hub with drum, but no luck. Inside the hubs I removed two expansion clips, and got down to what looks like the tip of the axle (spindle?). There are no more rings, clips, screws, etc to remove. Dead end -- although there has to be a way to get to the bearings at another time.
Note, too, that the wheel studs are serrated, suggesting to me that the drum is really snug on the studs. (but I have some notes from 1975 that I changed the shoes, so back then I apparently got the drums off with no big problem (I don't remember details after 40 years, but I don't think I tore down the Warn hubs).
I'm including three pics... and I hope they make clear what I describe.
My questions are mainly these: Do I just keep banging away, torching, and PB-blasting,knowing that no more clips are holding the hubs on axles? Is there a puller designed to pull drum/hub of this design (see pics). Can I knock in those serrated studs a few millimeters?...or does that make a bigger problem latter? Are comments/suggests are welcome, as I've been struggling for many days now -- thank you, Ronnie


