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tomrobson · 05-24-2012, 09:49 AM

how do you seperate the hub and drum?

Farmallcub49 · 05-24-2012, 10:38 AM

Remove the hub nuts and bolts and the hub should come free of the drum. They may be rusted together, so some heat would be of help or some sort of penetrant oil.

yachtsmanbill · 05-24-2012, 02:21 PM

Wood or wire wheels? Wood ones drive the bolts all out. Replace with new ones!!! Wire wheel hubs have a stud thats swaged into the drum. Have a motor parts with a press do those. ws

tomrobson · 05-25-2012, 03:34 PM

thank you sir . these are steel spoke rims and the studs seem to be welded to thehub I was thinking maybe I could press the center of the hub through the drum but I was wondering what would happen to the bolts?

tmodelman · 05-25-2012, 04:27 PM

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If front hub, the long nose of the front hub fits snug to the taper snout of the Ford T wire wheel center, you have to use lots of good penetrating oil (WD-40 is not a penetrating oil) or heat if really rust stuck from years.

Press on the hub with the wheel supported, the lug bolts are swaged in the front hubs, the rear hubs are usually keyed with upturned metal lug on the rear drum inside. Over the years some owner may have welded the lug bolts in the hubs as easy fix, but terrible for replacing the lug bolts

05-24-2012, 09:49 AM	#1
tomrobson Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: shawnee ks Posts: 8	1927rear hubs how do you seperate the hub and drum?

05-24-2012, 10:38 AM	#2
Farmallcub49 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: St Joseph,MN Posts: 278	Re: 1927rear hubs Remove the hub nuts and bolts and the hub should come free of the drum. They may be rusted together, so some heat would be of help or some sort of penetrant oil. __________________ 'OSO HANDY RESTORATIONS Specializing in Model T Fords 320-293-1953

05-24-2012, 02:21 PM	#3
yachtsmanbill Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Two Rivers, Wi. Posts: 1,406	Re: 1927rear hubs Wood or wire wheels? Wood ones drive the bolts all out. Replace with new ones!!! Wire wheel hubs have a stud thats swaged into the drum. Have a motor parts with a press do those. ws __________________ " Warning; the following contains content that the anal retentive may find offensive - please skip on to the next posting!"

05-25-2012, 03:34 PM	#4
tomrobson Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: shawnee ks Posts: 8	Re: 1927rear hubs thank you sir . these are steel spoke rims and the studs seem to be welded to thehub I was thinking maybe I could press the center of the hub through the drum but I was wondering what would happen to the bolts?