Merv
New Member
So, I have a 97 Suburban 2500 with 6.5 TD. I have a bit of an issue with the truck tending to wander on the road, cut a long story short, went to have the alignment checked and it turns out the front end is 100% fine, trouble lies with the back end, the drivers side axle is slightly bent!!, causing the wheel to be slightly toe-out.
Anyways, I managed to source a used rear axle with less K's than my existing one, now comes to the perplexing part. I need to get the brake drums off so that I can inspect the internals and attach the e-brake line etc (they were just cut off at the breakers yard) before doing the axle swap. I have searched the entire internet (i think) and this forum, but cannot find a simple explanation as to how to get the drums off (I have the semi-floating axle, 9.5 ring gear diff - 8 stud wheel). I have seen mentioned about pulling the axle shaft out, but cannot for the life of me visualize how that will help to get the drum off.
Does there exist anywhere a simple visual step by step as to how to go about this? On my knees with a very confused look on my face
Anyways, I managed to source a used rear axle with less K's than my existing one, now comes to the perplexing part. I need to get the brake drums off so that I can inspect the internals and attach the e-brake line etc (they were just cut off at the breakers yard) before doing the axle swap. I have searched the entire internet (i think) and this forum, but cannot find a simple explanation as to how to get the drums off (I have the semi-floating axle, 9.5 ring gear diff - 8 stud wheel). I have seen mentioned about pulling the axle shaft out, but cannot for the life of me visualize how that will help to get the drum off.
Does there exist anywhere a simple visual step by step as to how to go about this? On my knees with a very confused look on my face