[T2] frozen brake drums

[david raistrick]

Get a good puller - like the OTC 7394 or KD 2251.

https://www.amazon.com/OTC-7394-Universal-Hub-Puller/dp/B0002SRH60

remove the big nut on the rear, and the bearing adjuster nut on the front,
and let the puller do the work.   it WILL pull the brake shoes right off
the backing plates if it needs to.   (so you might damage the backing
plates)).   you could drill out the heads of the retaining pins from under
the bus first to avoid it.

yes, this is from experience when I had a stuck drum and tried everything
else first (including driving >100 miles with the nut slightly loose and
pinned on).....and forgot to back off the shoes when I used the puller.





On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 11:03 PM Jack Dinan <jack at thedinans.net> wrote:

> 1969 bus.
> It has sat for fifteen years.
> All four drums are stuck.
> Putting a lever bar between two lug nuts and attempting to rotate didn’t
> work.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
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