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philman

philman

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It tookk me two days to get my brother's B in place by my shop. The rear whell on the driver's side is locked up. Parking brake cable is slack. I didn't expect this because the car hadbeen stored inside for several years. Are there any special tricks to getting the rear hub off? I tried tapping the drum with a sledge to knock it free. It has knock off wheels.
 
A couple of big screwdrivers around the edge of the drum might cause it to wiggle free....have you backed the adjuster all the way off?

Oh, don't tap - whack that sucker hard with a BFH! If the drum is frozen to the shoes you'll want a new one anyway.
 
good thin that I have an entire car to swap pieces with!
 
/bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/devilgrin.gif <span style='font-size: 8pt'><span style="color: #FF0000">did ya remember to take out the Posi-drive screws?</span></span> /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/devilgrin.gif
 
Doc, you bad. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/crazy.gif
 
hehehehehe.....
 
I'm waiting for it to stop raining. maybe on the weekend I'll give it a shot.
 
ok, I backed off on the adjusters, whacked the drum a few times with my big mallet and pushed it into my shop out of the rain. It's been sitting so long I probably have to rebuild all the hydraulics. Good thing that a lot of the rebuild components are the same as my TR7/8's. The coolant system is dry and the sump has oil so I'll carefully bring it back to life. Cars like this deserve to be on the road.
 
charged up the battery, it's trying to start!? If it runs reasonably well a steal for the price of $800 for the car+ spare parts.
 
Encouraging!
 
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