HELP, brake drum stuck

The picture is of the left side brake drum on my ford 3600. I have had that gear puller on it for days now.

I have sprayed tons of WD and PB on the area where the axel hub and drum come together. I have tapped on it with a small hammer, I have beat on it real hard with my 4lb hammer, i finally tried heating the hub, no help. I tried heating the drum between the wheel studs, still no help.

The gear puller is as tight as i can make it go with a 14" cresent wrench. I finally welded some tabs on the end of each puller arm and and beat them with the 4lb until they were mushroomed out. Drum didn't budge an inch.

I made sure that the brake pads were adjusted all the way in and called the local dealership and got no advise other than what I was already doing.

HELP!!, The tractor has basically no brakes now, I need to get that drum off. This is the first brake drum I have ever tried to remove and it has me beat up to this point.

Any and all suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Just checked the books, didn't see any "set" screws of anything else that retains the drum. that's a good thing.

heat is a good thing to use....however, there is a posibility of...A), warping or taking the temper out of the brake drum. and B) if heating the the Axle, (posted above), you may roast the seal, (say..Ne-O-prene). But, that may be what your trying to get to in the first place.

I do like the idea of grinding off the head of the retaainers (on the backside)...how come I never thought of that?...must be the caveman in me....

be careful w/the torch, have your fire extinguisher close by...sl

Just checked the books, didn't see any "set" screws of anything else that retains the drum. that's a good thing.

heat is a good thing to use....however, there is a posibility of...A), warping or taking the temper out of the brake drum. and B) if heating the the Axle, (posted above), you may roast the seal, (say..Ne-O-prene). But, that may be what your trying to get to in the first place.

I do like the idea of grinding off the head of the retaainers (on the backside)...how come I never thought of that?...must be the caveman in me....

be careful w/the torch, have your fire extinguisher close by...sl

The brake shoes are adjusted completely away from the drum and I don't know what an axel nut is but the picture is as I found the drum and hub when I removed the wheel.

I had heated the drum but now I believe that I had not heated it nearly enough. I also believe that the puller just isn't helping so I'm going to take that off, get some good heat going and start pounding on that sucker till I win. yes I will put back the wheel nuts with some clearance. If I need to I also will drill a few holes in there for lub, that sounds like a good idea, but after I take out some frustration on the face of that feller.

Thanks again a bunch and when I get it off I will post a picture and discription of how it went. Hopefully that post will be on Monday.....

Get that puller off and instead just smack the drum face with a big hammer being very careful not to hit the studs. Don't be bashful. Hit it!

That drum will jump right off of there.

The puller is just making things worse because it is putting the lip of the drum in a bind against the hub.

Allan

Most of us have been there, not fun at all.

God luck.

Oh, I forgot, if you can get a big lever in any where pry it also while heating it, and beating it, and beating it :)