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KEN2939 · 03-21-2017, 09:13 PM

any suggestions, rt front hub wont come off, soaked with PB blaster, adjusted and backed off brake adjustment, still wont come off????

Bob C · 03-21-2017, 09:30 PM

Is the outer bearing stuck on the spindle??

Bob

Marshall V. Daut · 03-21-2017, 09:36 PM

Put the wheel and tire back on with lug nuts so that you have more leverage to wiggle the brake drum/hub free. With the outer nut removed, spin the wheel as fast as you can and have someone hit the brake pedal. That might jar the drum loose.
If you backed off the adjusting wedge and the front drum still won't come off, try prying the large retainer washer and outer bearing out of the hub. The bearing may be galled to the spindle for some reason. It doesn't "thread" on, like a Model T. It should just slide off once the outer keyed washer is removed. If you get the washer and outer bearing out and the drum STILL won't come off, that can only mean that one (or both) brake shoe is still too tight or somehow hanging up against the drum.
Marshall

Marshall V. Daut · 03-21-2017, 09:37 PM

Rats! I was typing when "Bob C" posted similar advice. 'Sorry for the duplication of advice.
M.

KEN2939 · 03-21-2017, 09:46 PM

will go at it again tomorrow night, thanks for all the help!

1crosscut · 03-22-2017, 06:41 AM

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If your drum moves out a little ways and then stops you may have a ridge of heavy crud built up on the outside edge of the drum that the shoe is hitting. If so take a torch and run the flame around and around and around the outside edge of the drum to soften the ridge enough to pull the brake drum through it. It may take a while.

Fullraceflathead · 03-22-2017, 10:46 AM

There is a very slight change the inner bearing race spun and welded itself to the spindle.

Mitch//pa · 03-22-2017, 12:42 PM

Does the drum rotate after unadjusting the brakes? If not your shoes are rusted to the drums..

03-21-2017, 09:13 PM	#1
KEN2939 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2017 Posts: 15	Rt front hub not coming off any suggestions, rt front hub wont come off, soaked with PB blaster, adjusted and backed off brake adjustment, still wont come off????

03-21-2017, 09:30 PM	#2
Bob C Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: So Cal Posts: 8,754	Re: Rt front hub not coming off Is the outer bearing stuck on the spindle?? Bob

03-21-2017, 09:36 PM	#3
Marshall V. Daut Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Davenport, Iowa Posts: 2,112	Re: Rt front hub not coming off Put the wheel and tire back on with lug nuts so that you have more leverage to wiggle the brake drum/hub free. With the outer nut removed, spin the wheel as fast as you can and have someone hit the brake pedal. That might jar the drum loose. If you backed off the adjusting wedge and the front drum still won't come off, try prying the large retainer washer and outer bearing out of the hub. The bearing may be galled to the spindle for some reason. It doesn't "thread" on, like a Model T. It should just slide off once the outer keyed washer is removed. If you get the washer and outer bearing out and the drum STILL won't come off, that can only mean that one (or both) brake shoe is still too tight or somehow hanging up against the drum. Marshall

03-21-2017, 09:37 PM	#4
Marshall V. Daut Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Davenport, Iowa Posts: 2,112	Re: Rt front hub not coming off Rats! I was typing when "Bob C" posted similar advice. 'Sorry for the duplication of advice. M.

03-21-2017, 09:46 PM	#5
KEN2939 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2017 Posts: 15	Re: Rt front hub not coming off will go at it again tomorrow night, thanks for all the help!

03-22-2017, 06:41 AM	#6
1crosscut Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Lincoln, Nebraska Posts: 1,909	Re: Rt front hub not coming off Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) If your drum moves out a little ways and then stops you may have a ridge of heavy crud built up on the outside edge of the drum that the shoe is hitting. If so take a torch and run the flame around and around and around the outside edge of the drum to soften the ridge enough to pull the brake drum through it. It may take a while. __________________ Dave / Lincoln Nebraska

03-22-2017, 10:46 AM	#7
Fullraceflathead Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Chillicothe, Missouri Posts: 1,176	Re: Rt front hub not coming off There is a very slight change the inner bearing race spun and welded itself to the spindle. __________________ "If I asked people what they wanted they would have said faster horses." -Henry Ford "Primitive technology is not a design flaw" 1928 Ford Model A Roadster Pickup 1930 Gordon Smith Air Compressor 1941 Willy's Pickup 1960 Thunderbird-For Sale 1964 Buick Riviera 2x4 425 1965 Pontiac GTO, 455 Super Duty 2004 Dodge Ram SRT-10, V-10 Viper 1977 Charger Jet Boat,460 Ford,Jacuzzi Jet Front Engine Nostalgia Dragster,Supercharged 296 "Fullrace Flathead" Ford Engine Build up on DVD ask

03-22-2017, 12:42 PM	#8
Mitch//pa BANNED Join Date: May 2010 Location: Bucks County, PA Posts: 11,454	Re: Rt front hub not coming off Does the drum rotate after unadjusting the brakes? If not your shoes are rusted to the drums..