Neal, having gone through this myself, I can tell you that the studs are swedged at the factory. They are not meant to come out. Some machine shops have the tool that fits down over the stud and cuts them down so they will come out. -----Original Message----- From: neal zimmerman [mailto:neal.zimmerman@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 6:30 PM To: 1962to1965mopars Subject: stubborn drum any pointerson knocking out the hub from the front drum of my 65 coronet. its a 10 x 2.5 inch drum, and man does trhat sucker not want to come out. neal zimmerman , eugene oregon ---- Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person -- directly to that person. I.e., send parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! '62 to '65 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html.