200E rear end brake woes

[66Shelbycobra]

I am trying to get a rear brake hub off the axle that is apparently rusted to the axel Any suggestions ?

[fatcat]

spray with pb plaster and let it soak for a wile. repeat several times and it should help

[66Shelbycobra]

What is PB plaster ?

[66Shelbycobra]

My dad and I spent 2 hours trying to beat the brake drum off the axle WD 40 didnt do anything we can't get it to budge at all any suggestions will be great

[Nick_R_23]

One of my friends had a 185 like that, we ended up taking everything we could off the axle, soaking it in PB Blaster (which is like wd40 but way better), using heat, and putting a few nuts on the threads by the splines (nuts are so you dont mess up the threads), and beating it with a sledgehammer. Barely came out too. But dont give up, it took us several days of doing this before it came out.

-Nick :TrikesOwn

[Vealmonkey]

Make sure your brake cable is disconnected so your brake shoes are in the all the way contracted in, at their narrowest, not expanded outward if that makes sense.

[atctim]

Heat does wonders - use a small map gas torch and heat up the base of the drum - where the splines connect to the axle - being a much smaller cross section - it should heat and expand at a greater rate then the axle - then as someone else said - try to beat the axle out - I use a block of hard wood over the threads and a big sledge.