Poor man's brake drum remover

[AngusJustice]

I wanted to put a set of new rear brake shoes on my 1984 ATC125M, but I could not remove the brake drum.
So this is what I made up to remove it.
I know it's ugly but with some WD40, Some heat, And a mallet my homemade tool was able to get it off.
Threaded rod is 3/8 12inches long
Plate is 1/4 inch thick 2 inches wide, 7 inches long with a 5/8's center hole drilled in it and 2 3/8 holes 13/4 of and inch apart.
Hose clamp is 6" diameter cut down.
And I stacked 4 3/4 inch wide washers on each rod and inserted them into the brake drum through the holes.
Made sure to pull the drum evenly 3 turns on each rod until she came off.
I didn't see one posted when I searched so I thought it could be useful.
Sorry about the crappy pictures all I could find was my daughters Fischer Price Camera. LOL
Cheers!
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[elevatorman]

good job..you made it happen

[Big G]

That's some fine piece of engineering there Angus! Another good tip to keep in mind for future use! Wow, that drum was sure stuck on there by the looks of that metal plate bending while trying to pull it off.

[AngusJustice]

I don't think it had ever been removed. 29 years of rust!

[honda4h]

hell that's a good idea. i had to mess with lots of stuck drums. most of the time i beat them to death and cut it up with a grinder.

[90guy]

Great idea I will have to do that this summer with my big red. Thanks for the post!

[Gearheadtom]

Looks pretty decent! To bad the older 110's don't have those holes in the drums... beating the axel out of the bike is usualy the easiest on those ones...

[dustrunner]

that's using the ole noggin.. great job....

[C.J]

Looks pretty decent! To bad the older 110's don't have those holes in the drums... beating the axel out of the bike is usualy the easiest on those ones...

I agree. I'm fighting with a stuck drum on my 110X project and I'd like to not beat the crap out of a mint axle to get the drum off. I've even tried heating it and it don't let a loose. I don't want to cut it either cause I don't know if I can get any of my parts bikes to let one loose too ya know?

[Yamaha_Rules69]

CJ, use a thick block of wood, and leave the axle nut threaded on flush with the threads on the axle. Use the heaviest sledge hammer you can find, and hit it HARD. It will come out. You may need a 2nd helper to hold the bike or block of wood or whichever you see fit. Good luck!

[AngusJustice]

Cleaned the rust from the axle and hub.
Painted the inner hub Tremclad black and the Brake shoes Tremclad Blue.
Used Varsol to cleaned the brake drum as well as turned it to clean up the surface.
Painted the drum both sides with Tremclad Red.
Greased the brake shoes pivot points and the axle spline.
And she went together like new.
I did notice a little roughness in the bearing but no movement so I am contemplating new bearings and seals while I have it off the trike.
Let me know what you guys think.
Cheers!
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[atc007]

Looks good. I assume you pshed the actuator cam out and cleaned/lubed that? I woud do bearings after the crud that was in those brakes,,and of course,the 30 years think lol. Nice work.

[Big G]

Looks good Angus, but just one question...how come you painted the parts? Won't see them once they're closed in behind the brake drum cover. Or is it just to prevent rust? If so, why the different colors? I'm not meaning this in a negative way...Like I said, great job...I'm just curious if there's something I'm missing?

[AngusJustice]

No your not missing anything. It's mostly to stop the rust and I always have Tremclad paint laying around. As for the multiple colors I was feeling kinda FUNKY!
Cheers!

[C.J]

CJ, use a thick block of wood, and leave the axle nut threaded on flush with the threads on the axle. Use the heaviest sledge hammer you can find, and hit it HARD. It will come out. You may need a 2nd helper to hold the bike or block of wood or whichever you see fit. Good luck!

I got it out today!!! Let the torch sit on it for about an hour and then got a small pieace of plate and beat the crap out of it and she BArelY pushed through LOL messed up my axle threads a little :-\ but should chase out!! Thanks for the tip! Ill use that next time!