Wheel cylinder removal how?!!
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Wheel cylinder removal how?!!
Wondering how to remove wheel cylinder when nuts are rusted on and stripped. Also wondering how to remove shoes and hardware(springs etc keeping shoes on) spent weeks on this and thought its take a day at most..life
Last edited by jahkyleezy; Oct 10, 2015 at 06:38 PM.
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From: Mentor, Ohio
Without seeing it, here's a couple "generic" answers:
- special sockets (I believe called "extractors") can be tried.
- using a hammer and pounding on a slightly smaller socket (make sure to use 6 point sockets for this, 12 point and you are asking for it to only get worse). Goal is to have a tight fit, that hugs what is left of the nut. I've had this work a couple of times.
- Use a grinder or dremel with a cutting wheel, try to make flat spots you can put the open end of a wrench on and spin it off.
- Cut the studs/nuts off.
- special sockets (I believe called "extractors") can be tried.
- using a hammer and pounding on a slightly smaller socket (make sure to use 6 point sockets for this, 12 point and you are asking for it to only get worse). Goal is to have a tight fit, that hugs what is left of the nut. I've had this work a couple of times.
- Use a grinder or dremel with a cutting wheel, try to make flat spots you can put the open end of a wrench on and spin it off.
- Cut the studs/nuts off.
