Tire and Brake ?'s

Now on to the questions at hand. In lookin at the right side tire and brakes, the brake is mushy indicating to me it either needs adjustin or new pads. I know there is an adjustin thingy on the back side under the fender area with a screw thingy that has to be turned, but much to my dismay it is stuck/froze. I tryed penetratin oil and no such luck. I'm thinking the only way to make sure it gets un froze is to take wheel off/hub assembly off/drum off and actually look at the brake and adjust it that way.

Now, my tire seems to be stuck, i've put penetratin oil on, using a big honkin socket and breaker bar, i slipped a long piece of steel pipe over and tried to use leverage but it didn't work. Any other thoughts, also, i'm not sure what direction, is it righty tighty lefty loosen or the opposite?? I know on some old tractors they used a reverse thread on these.

thanks in advance.

Good luck,
Dan

Good luck,
Dan

You don't have to take off the big nut to work on the brakes. If your seals are not leaking, and you have no bearing issues, then leave it alone. If you force it, you might strip the threads (like I did) or break something.

Fessman

If you did get the nuts off.. put them back on.. but leave them with about 1/8" play and then drive around a bit.. you will hear the clunk when the rim breaks free from the hub.

I fthe nuts are stuck ( all of them? ) then try the penetrating oil.. perhaps even some heat from a propane plumbers torch.. then the big pipe and socket.

They have to come off... if you break them off.. gotta have the hub off anyway to replace them...

Soundguy

If it is the oem nut.. make sure the wire retainer clip has been removed... You should be able to tell if it is a 2-piece 'squeezem' repair nut, or the oem one with a wire channel in it.

All else fails.. you can cut and split the nut with a hacksaw blade and cold chissle.. angle grinder and chissle.. etc.

Soundguy