Owen and all, Just a thought, but how about just trashing the hubs, which would require removal of studs, and just reuse your original hub unit in your refinished drum with new studs...or some other hubs you may have around. The metal is apparently in a stressed state now...only fix is to be stress relieved, which will destroy the new finish anyway. i'd vote for hub change. Good luck, dan jenks '62 Sport Fury '62 Fury wagon '62 Fury- 4dr. '68 Coronet R/T Hemi