28-09-2016, 05:21 AM
There is lots of info on line about tapping stuck drums with hammers and poking around various holes with screwdrivers to back the brake shoes off but nothing worked for the drums on my 2010 plate Berlingo First 1.6HDI van.
The solution was to borrow a large three legged puller, partly screw back in the four wheel bolts and rest a strong metal plate over them for the puller's central screw to rest on (you need to 'bridge' the central dust cover on the hub somehow as is is thin metal and simply crushes) then wind the puller in. This broke the drums free from the hub but they remained stuck on the shoes. As it turned out my drums were lipped as the van was on the original brake shoes which were nearly down to the metal with little friction material left. The only way to get the drums off was by using force. I tightened the puller in stages and used the aid of a small crow bar to lever the drums off the shoes, messing around with big screwdrivers to prise the drums off was a complete waste of time!
Previously I had literally spent hours poking small screwdrivers through various holes and tapping with hammers as per the on line advice to no avail. You simply cannot get enough grip on the drums to pull them outwards and off by hand.
First drum took four hours going through the careful "tapping with hammers and hole poking" routine until I borrowed the puller and did the above. Once I knew the drums were badly lipped and what the problem was and that I had to use force the second was off in ten minutes.
In conclusion, no amount of hammering, no matter the size of the hammer or trying to back off the shoes through the wheel bolt holes in the drum would have made a jot of difference in my case. I simply had to pull the drums outwards and off over the lip (3mm) with the three legged puller and use the small crow bar to pry it over the shoes.
The solution was to borrow a large three legged puller, partly screw back in the four wheel bolts and rest a strong metal plate over them for the puller's central screw to rest on (you need to 'bridge' the central dust cover on the hub somehow as is is thin metal and simply crushes) then wind the puller in. This broke the drums free from the hub but they remained stuck on the shoes. As it turned out my drums were lipped as the van was on the original brake shoes which were nearly down to the metal with little friction material left. The only way to get the drums off was by using force. I tightened the puller in stages and used the aid of a small crow bar to lever the drums off the shoes, messing around with big screwdrivers to prise the drums off was a complete waste of time!
Previously I had literally spent hours poking small screwdrivers through various holes and tapping with hammers as per the on line advice to no avail. You simply cannot get enough grip on the drums to pull them outwards and off by hand.
First drum took four hours going through the careful "tapping with hammers and hole poking" routine until I borrowed the puller and did the above. Once I knew the drums were badly lipped and what the problem was and that I had to use force the second was off in ten minutes.
In conclusion, no amount of hammering, no matter the size of the hammer or trying to back off the shoes through the wheel bolt holes in the drum would have made a jot of difference in my case. I simply had to pull the drums outwards and off over the lip (3mm) with the three legged puller and use the small crow bar to pry it over the shoes.
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