I need to replace 2 lug studs on the front driver side, but cant figure out how to get them off the drum. Please help

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66 Plymouth Valiant 2door. Slant 6 225, 3speed

(1) Remove drum
(2) place drum on floor with lug studs pointed up
(3) get a big hammer
(4) beat on the studs you want removed until they give up and fall out of the drum

The is just something primally satisfying about beating lug nuts out of a drum. After i get them out I always feel like jumping around the garage like and ape and hooting. Hitting things with a big hammer is just really satisfying I guess.


To install new studs properly you will need a press.

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Casually looking for a Clifford hyperpak intake for cheap.

Thanks, and if I don't have a press........??? or access to one?

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66 Plymouth Valiant 2door. Slant 6 225, 3speed

If you do that, there is a very good chance you will ruin the hub. The studs are swedged after they are installed, and you need to remove the swedging before beating the studs out. Otherwise the swedged area of the stud will enlarge the hole in the hub, and the new studs will not fit properly.

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Charrlie_S
65 Valiant 100 2dr post 170 turbo
66 Valiant Signet 170 nitrous
64 Valiant Signet
64 Valiant 4dr 170
64 Valiant 4dr 225

And how do you do that without anything special? cause as of right now they seem to be stuck in the hub and going no further, also they are snapped thats why I needed to change them

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66 Plymouth Valiant 2door. Slant 6 225, 3speed

Also wondering if its possible to replace the axle hub? and where to get one

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66 Plymouth Valiant 2door. Slant 6 225, 3speed

Well, see why the Neanderthals went extinct? Indiscriminately beating on things with a hammer is a bad idea!

Sounds like the preferred method from Charlie would be to use a grinder to grind the heads of the studs down past the swedges and then bang them out.

So, it sounds like you need a floor, a grinder, and a hammer.

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The swedge is on the side of the stud that has the threads. Back in the old days most shops had a special tool to remove the swedging. That tool is no longer available (mine has been missing for years, also). I did contact the company that made the tool, and they would make them again, on special order, at a price that I didn't think was worth it. (Minimum qty required).
The tool looked like a "counter bore" with a hole in the center, that went down over the stud, and the cutting end would remove the swedge. then the studs could be driven out. I usually use a cutoff wheel, or grinding wheel, to remove the swedge, then drive out the stud. It thakes a while.
PS: I don't reswedge the new studs. That requires another special tool, and I dont think it is necessary.

Google is your friend, was looking for a picture, and found this.
http://www.goodson.com/Brake-Drum-Swedge-Cutting-Tool

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Charrlie_S
65 Valiant 100 2dr post 170 turbo
66 Valiant Signet 170 nitrous
64 Valiant Signet
64 Valiant 4dr 170
64 Valiant 4dr 225