I performed this procedure on my 59 Plymouth. One important tip - when
removing the swaged studs do not try to press them out or grind off the
heads and pound them out. You will most likely ruin your drum. What I did
is - I ground off the heads of the swaged studs and then DRILLED them out.
Then take one of the hubs down to the parts store and buy the correct
fitting studs and you're good to go. John Z
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From: "eastern sierra Adj Services" <esierraadj@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 3:04 PM
Subject: [FWDLK] STUDS: The HUB of the matter
> All right: 1st of all, you engineering-types (cept for Dave Homstad)
> haven't exactly jumped in on this thread, that I'm hanging from.
>
> Also, I was not present when my shop replaced Horrie's swaged brake
> drum studs, which allowed the brake "drums" to slip-off of the
> rear axles, without the necessity of using a
> "wheel-puller" (any longer).
>
> Welll, I went back to my shop, today, with my souvenir swaged stud (that
> I keep in my office, for old-times-sake) and with the 2 WPC Club
> articles that I authored (vols xviii/#7, 3/87 ; &
> xxii/#2, 10/90), and told him to splain hisself.
>
> He said that the central "hub" area is actually a SEPARATE piece, from
> the outer "drum" section, and that the 2 pieces are held-together (thanx
> to Chryco's renowned over-engineering)
> by the swaged (press-fitted) 'shoulder-sections' of the studs that are
> installed from/through the underside of the center-HUB section-piece. I
> had been led to believe that the "swaged-studs" which prevented the easy
> removal of the drums were the studs that are installed from the rear of
> the AXLE-FLANGES: wrong!
>
> Actually, the axle flange studs ARE 'swaged' into the flanges, but
> they're not responsible for holding the hub/drum to the tapered axle (as
> Lou & Dave have asked-about).
>
> SO, once the hub/drum assembly is "pulled" off of the axle, the HUB
> studs can be replaced with the 'standard round-shouldered' studs, so
> that, once the hub/drum assembly is re-mounted to the tapered axle
> (using copious "anti-seize lube" on the nexus of the hub & tapered
> axle)
> here it comes--------in the future, the "standard" round-shouldered
> studs will allow the outer drum-section-piece to SEPARATE itself from
> the hub-section-piece (which remains 'mated' to the tapered axle, and
> which WILL require the use of a puller, to remove----however, the only
> reason for the 'pulling' of the hub would be for a servicing of the axle
> bearings, which are internally lubricated (right?), and which usually
> only require "replacement"(?) .
>
> ALL brake "servicing" can be performed with only the easy-removal of the
> drum-section- piece, INCLUDING "turning" of the drums!
>
> Now, "this" was the way that "the-deal" was splained to me.
>
> Kinda interesting, huh?
>
> Neil Vedder
>
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