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Author Removal of Rear Drums and cleaning them.
Gazz
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Registered: 14th Mar 04
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13th Aug 04 at 22:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

OK, how do I go about removing my rear hubs from my Corsa B, and when they are off, what do you recomment cleaning the inside of the drums with to get the brake dust away ?

[Edited on 13-08-2004 by Gazz]
Big Col
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Registered: 8th Sep 99
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland Drives: '00 Astra 2.0 SRi
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13th Aug 04 at 23:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

get a haynes manual and a wire brush
Mistamist
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Registered: 16th Jul 03
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14th Aug 04 at 00:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

simple really

1- Jack up car and take off wheel
2- take off centre cap on hub
3- remove split pin
4- remove Castle nut
5- pull drum off and take the outer bearing and washer from the drum.
6- hopefully it will come off easily, if not refer to haynes manual of how to release self adjuster.
7- clean with brake cleaner
8- fitting is the opposite, just grease the bearings and tighten castle nut to the correct torque setting.

jobs dun!
Visionz
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Registered: 9th Aug 04
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15th Aug 04 at 19:36   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

And the Torque setting for the castle nut is FT.

And if the drum dont wanna come off, but you want it off, hit it flat on its face (dont hit the side as you could make a flat spot on the shoes). If bashing it doesnt help cause its probably never been removed, get a flat bladed screwy or a small pry-bar and bash that in to push it forward.

Its a daily thing i do working for LR.
Kris TD
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Registered: 25th Mar 02
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15th Aug 04 at 21:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

no point taking the drums off to clean inside them, the brake dusts comes out anyway, they arent sealed, there is a few mm gap round them

 
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