already hammered the **** out of it, ebrake isnt on...

any ideas?

 

i would like to know as well. mine is due fora brake job

 

Bigger hammer.

 

pretty much it
can you rotate the tires by hand???

 

take your center counsole off and there is a adjustment nut on the E-brake cable. are the brakes stuck? like it wont turn or what did you do?

 

there is probably a little lock ring on one of the lugs. if not make sure it spins freely, if it does hit it with a biger hammer right in the center in between the studs

 

Bigger hammer, trust me.....I couldnt get them off till I got extremely pissed off and swung at it not caring if i broke it or not.....it came off and didnt break lol

 

and after having it off i think we can all assume it wont

 

lulz no i dont think so lol......OP i used a 21oz finishing hammer cause it was the heaviest thing I had in my garage, plus it was pretty flat from beating on other things with it lol

 

You're not beating on it hard or long enough. Trust me... it took me two hours of pounding with a sledgehammer to finally break my driver front rotor loose from all the rust. Rust can glue the rotor or drum to the hub pretty well.

PB blast (Or other penetrating oil) may also help.

 

drum not rotor...

 

If the drum is stuck and doesnt move at all, then you need use a bigger hammer.

I use a 48oz deadblow, works like a champ.

If the drum is loose but wont pull off you need to adjust the shoes smaller.

Theres a little rubber plug on the backing plate, pop it off and adjust the brakes by turning the wheel "up"

 

I dont have rubber plugs over my starwheel adjusters.

 

Did you adjust the starwheel in the back? there is a rubber plug below the bleeder valve. adjust the starwheel toward the front of the car. Also check and make sure the thin metal retainers are not on the studs, if they are still on there, its not gonna come off. Use a mallet and thick flathead screwdriver.

 

Good job, they are also called tennerman nuts.

 

haha... no idea what they are called... all I know is that I removed them about 6 months after the dealer supposedly cut my drums.


they refunded my money...

 

these drums don't have threads you can put bolts in to push the drum off do they?

 

I dont think so, but then again I wasnt really looking.