Bolt to remove drums
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Bolt to remove drums
My friend showed me a technique to remove the rear drums with two bolts.
Does anybody know what size bolt I need to remove these drums. I tried on my last oil change to remove the drums by pulling on them, and I could not take them off.
btw, yes the parking brake was off. I may be weak, but not that dumb..lol.
Thanks, Phu.
Does anybody know what size bolt I need to remove these drums. I tried on my last oil change to remove the drums by pulling on them, and I could not take them off.
btw, yes the parking brake was off. I may be weak, but not that dumb..lol.
Thanks, Phu.
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I think they are 10mm bolts.. but I used a rubber mallet and hit the drums to pop them off due to rust etc.. works rather good
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Originally Posted by PunkingCivic
you can use the bolts that hold the brake line to the body to back the drum off
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Originally Posted by eye_see_you
I think they are 10mm bolts.. but I used a rubber mallet and hit the drums to pop them off due to rust etc.. works rather good
I need another number. Bolt size have 2 numbers. I don't know what they mean, but I know they have 2 numbers.
Anybody know for sure what bolt size I need???
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Originally Posted by PunkingCivic
you can use the bolts that hold the brake line to the body to back the drum off
Sorry, I can't make a visual picture of what this looks like in my head.
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The step thats often missed is RELEASE THE E-BRAKE. If you try to pull the drum with the e-brake on, it'll never come off.
Once the e-brake is off, you can probably just whack it with a mallet (a rubber one) and it should pop loose.
The step thats often missed is RELEASE THE E-BRAKE. If you try to pull the drum with the e-brake on, it'll never come off.
Once the e-brake is off, you can probably just whack it with a mallet (a rubber one) and it should pop loose.
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Rep Power: 0 The bolt I used to take them off was the bottom bolt for the heatshield on the header. (From my EX model). As long as a 12mm socket will fit the head of the bolt, it will work!
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Originally Posted by Boilermaker1
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The step thats often missed is RELEASE THE E-BRAKE. If you try to pull the drum with the e-brake on, it'll never come off.
Once the e-brake is off, you can probably just whack it with a mallet (a rubber one) and it should pop loose.
The step thats often missed is RELEASE THE E-BRAKE. If you try to pull the drum with the e-brake on, it'll never come off.
Once the e-brake is off, you can probably just whack it with a mallet (a rubber one) and it should pop loose.
btw, I tried with a rubber mallet, and the e-brake was off.
I gave up after it didn't budge after 5 mins...lol. I'll try this bolt technique though.
Thanks again everyone.
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