I beat on my rusted 65 mustang rear drum for two days with no success. The pads were holding tight against the drum, parking brake was released but the adjusting wheel was frozen and no amount of beating on it with a chisel would release the pad pressure. I happened to have the same puller that you used and some chain so I thought what the heck, I'll try it even though I doubted it would work. Lo and behold it did the job. I had to rotate it on the drum a few times to get it to come off straight but eventually it popped free from the shoes. Great idea! One comment is that this trick was hard to find with your title as there were a million other tricks that showed up first when doing a search for freeing up stuck brake drums, so you might change the title. Thanks!!
I had the same issue and I didn't want to buy a new puller. I think you have good idea about changing the title. maybe : How to get your old rusty brake drums off.
Been all over town trying to find a specialized tool to remove my brake drums after trying the hammer and blowtorch method and couldnt find a single tool in town that would fit. Could literally kiss your forehead rn
I beat on my brake drum with a 3lb hammer for an hour and it wouldn't come loose. I tried tapping it with a 10lb sledge and it popped right off. I tapped the other untouched brake drum with the 10lb sledge and it popped off. The moral of my story is to use a really heavy hammer and just give it a tap. The idea of putting chain under lots of pressure scares me. If the hook ever slips off, that chain is going to cause some serious damage.
Well just FYI I did use a sledge hammer and it didn't work. The chain puller did slip off while under pressure and did not cause any damage. I do know that both ways could possibly cause someone to get hurt. I had friend many years ago who was using a sledge hammer to take the drum off and knocked is car off the jack stand. It just barely missed his foot but it did do damage to his car. So If your going be working on cars just try and be careful and if you don't feel comfortable doing it this way by all means don't do it.
I have never worked on a Chevy Aveo but it looks like there are a couple of different types of drums. one that you take the spindle nut off and the other a couple of retaining screws.
I beat on my rusted 65 mustang rear drum for two days with no success. The pads were holding tight against the drum, parking brake was released but the adjusting wheel was frozen and no amount of beating on it with a chisel would release the pad pressure. I happened to have the same puller that you used and some chain so I thought what the heck, I'll try it even though I doubted it would work. Lo and behold it did the job. I had to rotate it on the drum a few times to get it to come off straight but eventually it popped free from the shoes. Great idea! One comment is that this trick was hard to find with your title as there were a million other tricks that showed up first when doing a search for freeing up stuck brake drums, so you might change the title. Thanks!!
I had the same issue and I didn't want to buy a new puller. I think you have good idea about changing the title. maybe : How to get your old rusty brake drums off.
Been all over town trying to find a specialized tool to remove my brake drums after trying the hammer and blowtorch method and couldnt find a single tool in town that would fit. Could literally kiss your forehead rn
OTC #7394 universal hub puller.
Good tip using the chain. I was going to cut and drill flat steel to extend the puller diameter. Hopefully your method will help with my drum.
I was going to use flat steel also but using the chain was a lot faster
Good video! Thanks Phillip Hall
If you cant use this set up you can just pull the axle and the drum as one part
I did this with a 3 prong gear puller , worked great except I had to run a chain around the drum to hold it on as I was hammering.
If I had 3 prong puller I definitely would have try that first.
I beat on my brake drum with a 3lb hammer for an hour and it wouldn't come loose. I tried tapping it with a 10lb sledge and it popped right off. I tapped the other untouched brake drum with the 10lb sledge and it popped off. The moral of my story is to use a really heavy hammer and just give it a tap. The idea of putting chain under lots of pressure scares me. If the hook ever slips off, that chain is going to cause some serious damage.
Well just FYI I did use a sledge hammer and it didn't work. The chain puller did slip off while under pressure and did not cause any damage. I do know that both ways could possibly cause someone to get hurt. I had friend many years ago who was using a sledge hammer to take the drum off and knocked is car off the jack stand. It just barely missed his foot but it did do damage to his car. So If your going be working on cars just try and be careful and if you don't feel comfortable doing it this way by all means don't do it.
i thot about this too as i have a chevy aveo daughters little car i cant get rear drums off of it either
I have never worked on a Chevy Aveo but it looks like there are a couple of different types of drums. one that you take the spindle nut off and the other a couple of retaining screws.
Heat usually breaks it.
OTC #7394 universal hub puller or equivalent. Amazon $50.