[AT] Quiet list and tapered axles

[Richard Strobel]

One more thing Bruce.  Wouldn't hurt to back off the brake shoe adjuster 
(star wheel) and make sure the shoes are well retracted.  They can get 
grooves in them and make the drum hard to get off.

later,
Rick













----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Fallon" <bfallon at whidbey.com>
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Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 8:52 PM
Subject: [AT] Quiet list and tapered axles


> List is very quiet.
>
> Anybody have any ideas how to remove a brake drum from a tapered axle 
> shaft.
> I was trying to remove the one on my Huber,  I put a piece of angle iron
> with another piece of steel over the end of the axle shaft and against the
> nut loosened but still on it and tightened bolts in the lug bolt holes to
> apply pressure to the end of the shaft as a puller and beat on the drum 
> and
> heated the center of the hub but finally had to give up.  I put the nut 
> back
> on loose and graded with it for a while but when checked later it was 
> still
> tight.  I had heard in the old days of dodges and studebakers with the
> tapered hubs that was a trick to loosen the nut and drive them until they
> moved.  I don't want to beat on the end of the shaft and bell it to where
> the nut cannot be put back on.
>
> Bruce Fallon
> Freeland WA. 98249
> bfallon at whidbey.com
>
>
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