Seized brake drum

[mo!]

I've got this far in but I'm/it's stuck. Any ideas?

 

[davidroberts30]

Hit it harder....

 

[Lincs Lass]

Jack hammer with an old point ground of, rattle it all round and pull at the same time

 

[Zippy768]

 

[milkloss]

Put the wheel nuts on to protect the threads, cut your hammer handle in half to make it more handy and give it more hammer.

 

[roscoe erf]

we had one like that and heat was all that would work and a lot of it even a jack against the other side wouldn't shift it obviously let the tyre down first

 

[roscoe erf]

I take it it is the rim seized to the drum

 

[mo!]

Well after taking the bearing off and pulling on the wheel with the manitou I decided to give up. I only needed to go 200 yards so I've just skidded it to where I needed it. A job for another day.

 

[Cowcalf]

put nuts back on loose and drive it along rough road should soon free it

 

[mo!]

put nuts back on loose and drive it along rough road should soon free it

I've been pulling it around the yard but it is smooth concrete with a layer of wet slop on it. The trailer is stacked up with the kitchen we've bought for our house build so I don't really want to bash it about.

We just use the trailer for dry mouseproof storage, it has only.moved twice in the last 10 years.

 

[Spuddler]

Jack up the wheel and wind a strong strap around the tyre then pull with tractor on the end of strap to turn the wheel.

 

[Mursal]

Strap will have to much spring in it.
Run it on the loose nuts as mentioned above, wee drop of diesel splashed on the rusted surfaces now and again until it moves.

If its to get at the brakes?
Sometimes they will release if you get a long bar and hit the backing plate a few drives, scorch the other wheels well, if underneath.

 

[milkloss]

I take the slack was adjusted right out and shoes tweaked back a s best as possible? If the shoes are holding a lip on the drum there’s no way it’s coming off.

 

[Spuddler]

Strap will have to much spring in it.
Run it on the loose nuts as mentioned above, wee drop of diesel splashed on the rusted surfaces now and again until it moves.

If its to get at the brakes?
Sometimes they will release if you get a long bar and hit the backing plate a few drives, scorch the other wheels well, if underneath.

Strap works well,the one I got is a 40 ton ratchet strap,it's huge!

 

[mo!]

I don't need to get at the brakes as it is purely for storage, just trying to make it easier to move.

 

[Cowcalf]

why do you want wheel off, can always take it off from bearing to do tyre or brakes

 

[Mur Huwcun]

Are you removing the wheel or are the brakes locked on?

If it’s brakes locked on we did a low loader last year that had delaminated the brake lining and wedged solid! Even backactor pulling on the wheel with the jack leg wedged on side of trailer failed! In the end we gas axed the nut off the back plate that holds the shoe pivot pin and then removed the slack adjuster, heated the back plate and sledge hammered the cam shaft through the backplate getting the drum and mangled mess of shoes and linings off. New brake kit came with new pivot pins and seals and washers for the camshaft anyhow.

 

[mo!]

why do you want wheel off, can always take it off from bearing to do tyre or brakes

I figured I could get more shock into the drum if the wheel was off.

 

[mo!]

Are you removing the wheel or are the brakes locked on?

If it’s brakes locked on we did a low loader last year that had delaminated the brake lining and wedged solid! Even backactor pulling on the wheel with the jack leg wedged on side of trailer failed! In the end we gas axed the nut off the back plate that holds the shoe pivot pin and then removed the slack adjuster, heated the back plate and sledge hammered the cam shaft through the backplate getting the drum and mangled mess of shoes and linings off. New brake kit came with new pivot pins and seals and washers for the camshaft anyhow.

Brakes locked on.

 

[A1an]

more horse power and drag its sorry ass.