Good job, that's the way I have done them in the past on my 68 Dart, although that was 40yrs ago so there was no impact wrench involved. Power tools sure help speed things up these days.
Thanks! I probably should have mentioned that it can be done with a ratchet or box wrench, it is just faster/easier with an impact....and I just got it so it was fun to play with. I am sure it will see a lot more action as I move into working on the front end. Hoping to order the new bushing kit this Friday. The price of heating il has put a damper on my parts budget. Lol.
This is the way I’ve been doing it, but they’re not budging and I tried heating them up and using some penetrating oil but still no luck. Any suggestions. Thanks.
@thelittleredbarn174 Good morning and thank you for the comment. My first question...is the brake drum still attached to the wheel hub? If so, you will need a cutter to remove the swage from the lug. I mentioned early in the video that I had already done this when I initially changed the brake drums. Cutting out the swage will allow you to separate the two and makes is a ton easier to remove the lugs from the hub. I would not do this unless you are replacing the drum as well as it can wallow out the holes the lugs go through as well. You can find the cutter here: goodson.com/products/swedge-tools?variant=31417825755198. They are not cheap but It made changing the front drums far easier. If your drums are already off the hub, try a ball joint press and an impact. place the open end of the press around the back side of the stud and line up the push rod to the lug, then use an impact driver to press it out. Just a though. I have not tried this but it seems to me it would work pretty well. I hope this helps!
I took an old open lug nut, grinded down one side flat, added some washers, lubed the stud and screwed it in. Easy. Fairly light tap to get the old studs out? Now that's not true. Mine felt like they were welded, light tapping for 20 minutes did nothing
Hello Austin. Welcome to the channel and thank you for the comment. It sounds like we did the same thing to get the new studs in. As for a few taps to get the old ones out, I simply meant don't hit them so hard you bend the hubs. When I originally bought the car, I had to ream the shoulder down on the lugs to get the old drums off so the swage that holds the lugs in place was gone at that point. That may have been why yours were so hard to get out.
Welcome Jack and thank you for the comment. I have indeed picked up a new hammer since this video was made. I now use a 4 lb blacksmith hammer for most of my hammering duties.
Good job, that's the way I have done them in the past on my 68 Dart, although that was 40yrs ago so there was no impact wrench involved. Power tools sure help speed things up these days.
Thanks! I probably should have mentioned that it can be done with a ratchet or box wrench, it is just faster/easier with an impact....and I just got it so it was fun to play with. I am sure it will see a lot more action as I move into working on the front end. Hoping to order the new bushing kit this Friday. The price of heating il has put a damper on my parts budget. Lol.
This is the way I’ve been doing it, but they’re not budging and I tried heating them up and using some penetrating oil but still no luck. Any suggestions. Thanks.
@thelittleredbarn174 Good morning and thank you for the comment. My first question...is the brake drum still attached to the wheel hub? If so, you will need a cutter to remove the swage from the lug. I mentioned early in the video that I had already done this when I initially changed the brake drums. Cutting out the swage will allow you to separate the two and makes is a ton easier to remove the lugs from the hub. I would not do this unless you are replacing the drum as well as it can wallow out the holes the lugs go through as well. You can find the cutter here: goodson.com/products/swedge-tools?variant=31417825755198. They are not cheap but It made changing the front drums far easier. If your drums are already off the hub, try a ball joint press and an impact. place the open end of the press around the back side of the stud and line up the push rod to the lug, then use an impact driver to press it out. Just a though. I have not tried this but it seems to me it would work pretty well. I hope this helps!
I took an old open lug nut, grinded down one side flat, added some washers, lubed the stud and screwed it in. Easy.
Fairly light tap to get the old studs out? Now that's not true. Mine felt like they were welded, light tapping for 20 minutes did nothing
Hello Austin. Welcome to the channel and thank you for the comment. It sounds like we did the same thing to get the new studs in. As for a few taps to get the old ones out, I simply meant don't hit them so hard you bend the hubs. When I originally bought the car, I had to ream the shoulder down on the lugs to get the old drums off so the swage that holds the lugs in place was gone at that point. That may have been why yours were so hard to get out.
Enjoyed the vid but Dude, buy a real hammer.
Welcome Jack and thank you for the comment. I have indeed picked up a new hammer since this video was made. I now use a 4 lb blacksmith hammer for most of my hammering duties.