What did you do to your Blazer/Jimmy today?

[Chulisohombre]

That is for drums that are pressed on. Not the newer slip off drums. If you know which ones you have?

[Chulisohombre]

Click here for tsm brakes conversion. They make it for the new and old axle. http://www.tsmmfg.net/general-motors-truck.html

[colgad]

Originally Posted by Chulisohombre

That is for drums that are pressed on. Not the newer slip off drums. If you know which ones you have?

Pressed on. Thanks for finding this I think I will run with the ebay option.
thanks again!!!!

[Chulisohombre]

No problem. If you are careful you can reuse the wheel studs and repress them into the 3/4 ton rotors through the hubs. I messed up a few so I bought a tap and die set to fix the threads. The correct one for fm studs was like 24 bucks. But at 4-5 dollars a stud it was worth it. Now if it happens again I have the tool.

[colgad]

Originally Posted by Chulisohombre

No problem. If you are careful you can reuse the wheel studs and repress them into the 3/4 ton rotors through the hubs. I messed up a few so I bought a tap and die set to fix the threads. The correct one for fm studs was like 24 bucks. But at 4-5 dollars a stud it was worth it. Now if it happens again I have the tool.

I agree buying tools and always better than having to rebuy something you already have.
I have to admit I am not looking forward to separating the hub from the drum. It looks the original weld rusted unit.

Thanks again!
Dave
colgad

[Chulisohombre]

I started out hitting them directly with a sledge. That's what messed the few up. Then I started hitting them with a 2x4 over the stud. Worked out pretty good and the threads weren't beat up too bad after that. I've heard that at Napa they sometimes with change it for you for s few bucks if you Buy the parts there. Harbor freight has a press that will probably work for under a hundred bucks. Next time I need to do a u joint or something needing a press I'm buying one. It was a pain to try and pound them out and even harder to get them fully seated in the rotor.

[Ole Beater]

I learned to put a nut on a stud before i hit it with a hammer. It helps save the threads. But still not the best way to do it. I like the idea of a harbor freight press.

[colgad]

I ended up taking them to NAPA and they pressed them out for $20! Not to bad. But I ended up having to buy longer studs $4.00 each so I could have beat them out and saved $20! And then I had them press them back in, yea another $20, still not bad.

Finished the brake upgrade today, seems like it works!

70 Jimmy now with 4 wheels disk!

Thanks for the assistance!

[colgad]

Took my 72 to the Dade City Car Show today topless!

[Chulisohombre]

Originally Posted by colgad

I ended up taking them to NAPA and they pressed them out for $20! Not to bad. But I ended up having to buy longer studs $4.00 each so I could have beat them out and saved $20! And then I had them press them back in, yea another $20, still not bad.

Finished the brake upgrade today, seems like it works!

70 Jimmy now with 4 wheels disk!

Thanks for the assistance!

You never know how hard it's going to be until you try and start beating on them. I used the same studs but mine must have been longer. My axle came out of a 81 k30. Hopefully you won't have to change the master cylinder. All I had to do was gut the rear part of the prop valve so the residual valve wasn't holding pressure to the rear brakes.