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So, I ordered new brake drums for a 1950 1/2 ton 3100 and they are real shiny and wonderful. Problem is, the old ones have the part with the bearings in it and lug bolts and it has told me that, after 63 years, it does NOT want to come off.

How do you get that #$%* apart to go on the new brake drum? Heat and hammer?

Thanks in advance.

Are you trying to remove the drum from backing plate

Or remove the hub from the drum
Sometimes the hubs are riveted

Thanks.
I got the drum off the backing plate.
Trying to get the hub off the drum.
She don't wanna come off...

Ok, unless I missunderstand you, it sounds like you are working
on the front drum? And who ever you got the brake drum from
sold you the brake drum only. Back in the day they would have
been avalable with or with out a new hub.
You will have to get the lug nuts pressed out then have new ones
pressed in at an autoparts with a machine shop. Then a light
cut taken on the new drum to true it up.

Denny G

You can hammer the lugs out of the drum/hub assembly by using an old lug nut to protect the lug. I suggest supporting the backside of the hub with a suitable deep socket so you don't put stress on the hub. If you are careful, you wont damage a lug. the lugs can then be pulled back in with a well greased lug nut (use a washer under the nut while pulling the lug back into the hub).

With that said, using a press is the best approach.

Appreciate the advice.
I wish they came with new hubs!
These are off the back wheels.

Whole different ball game guy. They should just pull off the studs in the axle. Try a little heat.
DG

And a bigger hammer.

"Ding ding ding" until you hear the tone change.

This is the drum in which I'm trying to remove the hub.

Brake drum

That my friend is the front of the truck. And again, save your
self a bunch of agravation and take them to an automotive
machine shop and have them press the old lug bolts out and the
new ones in, then true up the drum.

Denny G

Thank you!
My goodness, it would help if I knew the front from the back on this project. The expertise on this forum is invaluable. That would be pretty embarrassing driving down the road backward when I finish. I'd have to mount the rear view mirror on the other side of the cab.
Great advice. Will take it to a shop.

No sweat, we'll get ya headed in the right direction if ya stick with us long enough. I see
your a airman, now back in the day I used to confuse them by flying my Pitts backwards,
just for a split second though, when I performed the dreaded Lumshevak.
http://www.pbase.com/dennygraham/flying_machine&page=all
But back to your project. Looked at the picture of your frame, looks like it’s shaping up
real nice. I envy you, I’ve been to busy driving mine ’50 for the last eight years and just
can’t get up the nerve to pull the cab off n’ her.

DG

SWEET airplane. I'm more of a Skylane/Bonanza hack myself but flying is an addicting activity. Love being twenty minutes from Sporty's...

I was able to hammer the lugs out tonight and am now cleaning up the hubs. I used the Eastwood system (pre, rust converter, rust encapsulator, extreme chassis black) on the rusty axle and the thing looks brand new now - very happy with it.