You don’t need to take the backing plate off. You can usually undo the cylinder bolts, push it through and then spin the cylinder off the brake pipe. That’s a lot of snapping bolts, drilling and tapping that you don’t need to do.
I use the exact same "bunsen burner" - find it great. When them studs snap on me (a lot..) I weld a washer onto the stub using a flux-core mig, then weld on a nut (usually a 17mm) - flux core bangs in loads of heat & usually frees the stub off. I then wind 'em out carefully. What I don't (or didn't do) was set the drums on fire. I will from now on lol, kicking myself I never did that before, it makes brilliant sense. Every day is a school day. :-) Subbed. Did a Landrover with drums all round yesterday - every drum was caked in crud. That "set it on fire" trick would have saved ages poncing about with a grinder & wire wheel, flinging crud everywhere. 4 times... Effort.
The only thing In would say is definitely use ear defenders… when using hammers and loud tools.. I know so many a little older than you , wish they had
hi baz great vid and love the smackarooney!!!!...why do card still have poxy drum brakes?? and thats a great idea with the bar top stop the brake fluid come out :) cant beat a squirterrooney :)
I remember I did that with a brake Drum and the bottom of my brake cleaner bottle fell off and landed in it and went up and I freaked out and kicked it across workshop landed in mot bay .That was 15 years ago haven't done it again😅
Done this job many times on KA and Fiat 500 and never had to remove backplate making a meal of it. And for the sake of cleaning the drum with brake cleaner and blowing off with an airline you set it alight I think Health And Safety would have something to say about that I presume this video sent to your customer to show the big job you had to do to their car and chance of loads of money not impressed
cant beat good old fashioned brake shoes and bleeding footbrake on footbrake off ,could you not have left the back plate on cant beat drums not like electronic handbrakes
