You rocked that well, i have to do mine for 16 tacoma 2.7. I do hope it plays well, if not these tips you have shown us here will add to the victory in complete the job. Thank you sir.
I worked for a whole day trying to free my stuck brake drum. Took a break and found your video. I used my air hammer on it for about 5 minutes and the drum slid right off. Cant thank you enough for the help and guidance! Super video.
Air hammer was the key! Tried everything else that everybody else suggested, but the air hammer worked a treat. I just stuck a junk impact socket to the end of a worn out chisel end, that's all I had, but it worked perfectly. Thank you for posting this, it was a big help.
Lol...well at least one of the reasons. I have got this axle converted to disc brakes and it way out-performs the drum brakes it had. I now need to upgrade the front disc to larger rotors and dual-piston calipers. Thank you for watching.
hah thanks for the pep talk, i needed someone to basically say 'get a hammer and smack the plop out of it'. turned out i was being a bit too gentle with my hammer blows
Great video and thanks for really showing how to loosen the self adjuster form the back side-BIG TIME!! Also, and this is very important Levon, I absolutely Loved you when you were the drummer for The Band!!!! "Virgil Kane is the name and I served on the Danville train...."
I just removed both my rear brake drums for the first time ever! My secret. I used my $200 rubber sledge hammer from "Mac's Hardware." It is a 12 lb. Deadblow hammer that is 36" long. The drum had rust welded itself to the shaft that centers your wheel on the hub. 5 good whacks all over and it came right off!
I just got two stuck drums off a truck rear by drilling two 5/16 holes in the drum & slightly into the axle flange. The axle is forged steel which will yield a rolled chip & the drum is cast iron which yields small flakes of cast iron. This is the easiest way to tell you are through the brake drum. Then look for the rust ring at the bottom of the hole & continue to drill until the 5/16 hole is through the drum. Use a bolt through the nut to center the nut over the hole you drilled. Weld a 5/16 nut to the drum using high nickel content welding rod for cast iron. Once you have it off, cut the nuts off & grind smooth. Grind the rust off the axle & interior ring of the drum. I hesitate using a hammer on any thing when bearings are absorbing the force. Working in an automotive machine shop for years, replaced may bearing that failed due to these forces.
This is another reason to really hate drum breaks.. haha. You are right, also, I wouldn't say I like drum brakes and right now I got two stuck drum brakes outside. yesterday I spent 3 hours trying to open them but failed and now I am looking for some tips from RU-vid to open them. I hate them too.
I'll save you some time. Strike the drum at the outside edge toward the diff, alternate across the drum. What happens is it levers against the axle flange. Drum usually survives with out being bent, but bad stuck ones often get bent.
Some vehicles have two bolt holes that use 8mm bolts I just put them in & turn them & presto comes off easy, I would never use heat torch on a drum chances could cause fire & even damage the wheel cylinders rubber boots & seals inside the cylinders.
Bro, you just reminded me my dad!! He always had a "plan b" and his "secret weapon" in case everything else failed!! Thanks a lot, my car's bearings thank you too!! Damn,how much I miss my dad...✌️🥲✌️
Greetings from Styria, I am totally enthusiastic about you and your tips and advice👌👍💪. I have a concern and don't know what to do next with my jeep grand cherokee 4.7l v8 built in 2000. It only runs on 7 cylinders. The eighth cylinder doesn't like. I have the ..... Fällercot P0208 .... I have new injectors, new spark plugs, new ignition coils. AND it still runs restlessly and against the fällercot P0208. The spark plugs have sparks, the injectors also work and inject gasoline, what else can I do ?????. Thank you in advance. Greetings from Daniel Förster from Krennach
maybe spraying water on the drum after applying heat? The thermal shock may have helped. On the other hand, progressively larger hammers do wonders as well.
Question....the adjuster from behind after you remove the plug---> isn't it true for most cars the adjuster is setup to bring the shoes wider apart?...and the "ratchet" wheel will not rotate the other way narrower unless the spring-arm on the star-wheel has it's tension released? If so....how do you do this from behind?
Yes, it is pretty much typical for vehicles with drums and shoes. Yeah, I use a narrower straight blade screwdriver to push the arm outward. That is holding the star wheel and then another tool to rotate the star wheel. Thank you for watching.
Not everybody has fancy tools like you, what I do is just wack it between the studs with a hammer and they brake loose. If your aim is not good and you don't want to damage the threads on the studs use 2 hammers. Place one between the wheel studs and hit it with the other ball pin hammer same result.
Can't pull drums from '03 Alero due to ridge on drum interferring with shoes. Usually would back off adjuster....BUT, there is NO ADJUSTER HOLE in the backing plate!!! Never encountered this. Can use the brake caliper guage to make adjustment of new shoes be fore putting drum back on, letting automatic adjuster make final adjustment. But, cannot back shoes off to remove drum. One suggestion was cut spring pin head off on backing plate.
@@martinbuilt Thanks for suggestion, but no access through drum front either. Further examination, appears must disconnect parking brake cables to get enough slack on shoes to clear ridge. Trailing locating arm is located right where typical access hole is on the backing plate. Must have been a D- project design in Engineering school......
@@stlpro2a386 What did you end up doing? My drums are loose from the flange, metal shavings fall out, so I know there's a ridge! NO adjusting slots front or back! ??
Hey martin what is the axle width for those durango and Dakota axles? If you dont mind helping me out. Wheel mount surface to wheel mount surface. Im debating doing either a ford 9in or the chysler 9.25 swap to my wj. And lets just say the 9.25 is more affordable
too bad you didn't ask me yesterday, I just removed the axles and entire drum brake system and doing a disc brake conversion. Give me a week and I should have it all back together and be able to answer your question. I'm liking the 9.25, I feel doing a gear setup seems easier than most other rear ends.
Hey Martin, how difficult of a project is that, switching to disc breaks?? I have a 2002 QuadCab 4.7 with rear drum breaks, would love to switch to disc breaks. Would i need mess around with trani?? Also, this truck has 1 piston caliper, i know that some Dakotas with the 4.7 have disc breaks all around have front calipers with 2 pistons, would i be able to switch out the calipers for better breaking power??
The easiest thing you can do to put disk brakes on the rear of your Dakota is to get them from a 93 through 98Jeep Cherokee ZJ. I'm doing it the hard way I'm getting mine from an 03 Durango they have larger disk breaks. Currently working on that project right now hopefully I have it done in the next couple of weeks. I'll have the 1st video out this Friday which will show you part of why it's not so easy. Yes you can install dual piston calipers in the front from a 2003 and 2004 Dakota and l 2002-2004 Durango. I will also be doing that conversion as well.
@@martinbuilt 👍👍👍 Thanks Martin, im not too mechanically inclined but i try to do as much as i can on both my Dakotas, 2004 4.7 2 door SPORT and 2002 4.7 4 door SLT. Prior to those i had a 1997 3.9 2 door SPORT (regret getting rid of it). Love all your videos, all the mods you do. Cant wait to see the final project of your Dakota
Wow hopefully this works tomorrow tried all day to get it off my horse brakes are stuck to the drum and won’t come off hopefully I can get to the adjuster and do what you showed 🙏🙏🙏🙏
I think Autozone has a rent a tool puller u can rent leave the deposit and once your done they'll give u your deposit money back if you have a Autozone or O'Reilly Auto parts hopefully this helps someone thanks for your post and Everyone have a Great Day
