Help! Brake drum castle nut stuck...

[Guest Anonymous]

Its been soaking in pentrating oil all day & it still won't give.

Is applying heat in this area a bad idea?

-Thanks!

[jgerry2002]

Are you trying to remove your drums? You don't need to remove the nut, just hit the face of the drum with a hammer.

That castle nut is torqued to around 300ft/lbs btw!

[Beaner7102]

The nut is 36mm, with a breaker bar and about 3 foot of water pipe to give you some leverage, that will get it moving. I've done it like that in a bone yard (but with a piece of exhaust for the pipe). Beaner7102

[Harv]

That or your gonna have to use the "blue wrench" and heat it up till it's bright red. By that point the bearing seals will be toast and you'll have to get a new nut since the temper will be gone.

But as he said, you don't need to take that nut off to get the drums off. You do need to take it off if your gonna put on new brake back plates, like if your trying to replace the adjusters because they are frozen and or rounded off.

John

[Guest Anonymous]

Thanks for the good info everyone!

There's almost always a simple solution w/ 2002 FAQ!

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[jrhiddle]

with a rubber or brass mallet. A regular hammer might crack the drum casting. Also make sure the emergency brake has been released.

[jgerry2002]

with a rubber or brass mallet. A regular hammer might crack the drum casting. Also make sure the emergency brake has been released.

If a regular hammer cracks the drum casting, you need new drums. I've never had a problem. Obviously you don't want to really beat on it, a few light taps are usually enough.

[TJs692002]

with a rubber or brass mallet. A regular hammer might crack the drum casting. Also make sure the emergency brake has been released.

If a regular hammer cracks the drum casting, you need new drums.

I beat the hell out of my drums with Snap-ons big ol' 900gram dead blow hammer and have NEVER cracked a drum.