i have a 2001 transit 2.4 rear wheel drive i think its a 350 i have serviced the front brakes with new pads and rubber hoses as the pads where sticking on and is now sorted but i want to have a look at the back but cant see how to remove the hub i have heard different tales of how to remove them and some suggest pulling the half shats out . as i dont want to make a mess of things can anyone confirm how i might remove the drums please thanks dave
if they haven`t been off for a while then you sometimes get a ridge on the inner face of the drum which `hooks` itself round the shoe and makes it very difficult to get off.You can grind this off and clean up the hub and drum and apply copaslip to make removal easier in future.One thing I remember doing is to remove the plastic bung on the backplate at the adjuster,knock a wheel stud into the drum assy and this leaves an access hole to pull the adjuster pawl off of the ratchet with a piece of welding wire and wind the adjuster off from the rear and this gives the clearance to remove the drum,it may need some sharp raps with a 2lb hammer to shock it free.The wheel stud just gets knocked back into the hub with a punch.Good luck.
cdc
May 2012
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