phillyxj570

My wife is asking me for x-mas ideas so I told her I want a locker for the rear 8.25. I have a 27 spline but I want to put a beefier axle on before locking it. I decided to just put the 29 splines in it because all I would need is the axle shafts. Today I went to the jy to get them but I could not get the drums off for the life of me. It felt like there was a spring holding the drum on. Is there something holding the drums on that I am missing? I know that my drums just slide right off.

CheapCherokee

it may take some pounding on the drums to get them off, i know not all drums will slide right off.

FIREMANRAY

If the drums are worn any at all the brake shoe will hang in the drum. You may need to un-adjust the brake shoe in order to get it off.

phillyxj570

I beat the **** out of it with a bfh for about ten mins. on each side.

OverlandZJ

^^^ This

storm101

I agree with the unadjusting of the shoes, also bring a can of pb blast and soak it good. Continue pounding with bfh.

also if your drums slide right off with no issues, your rear brakes need to be tightened up, they should take some force to get them off, not a lot, but some. As another note on this adjusting rear brake stuff since I'm at it, you know you have it right when you spin the wheel and can feel the shoes lightly dragging inside the drum....

some tech. Info on WHY drums hang up on the disassembly I'll add in too, when the shoes wear the inside of the drum, it creates a "ridge" as the shoes do not contact 100% of the surface area inside the drum, closest to the backing plate, if you can picture that you'll understand why the unadjusting is needed, and if you live in a rust belt state, it gets about 10x worse due to having rust built up all around it also....

rich

X250 on unadjusting the shoes that what is causeing it to hang up no need to pound on them that would be stupid.