may be im just dumb but?

How in the world do you get the the front drums off a dana 27? Either mine are rusted on or I'm doin something wrong? Do the drums just slide off after loosening the tentioner in the back like later models or do I have to take the whole hub apart?
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it may have screws in it, mine didnt, and i dont think all do. mine just slid off with the help of a BFH to break the rust loose

 

Maybe the studs have been replaced, and they have a long enough shoulder to grab the drums?

 

I'm pretty sure they are 11" I'm gonna put the hub cover back on and try out the ol bfh
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It was the wheel studs thanks timgr I would have never figured that one out (at least not for a while)
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if its a d27, it would not have factory 11" drums. My solution was a BFH and disc brake parts

 

Its definitely a dana 27, i was wondering about that too but i measured the drum and sure enough its 11" someone must have done the swap before me....the drums came right off after knocking the wheel studs back a bit, slid right off the hub!...but now i have to get some new wheel studs to put it all back together guess ill run by Napa later...

 

did you take the bearing retainer nuts off?

 

Nope didn't have to after knocking those wheel studs back it looks to me like it was a combination of the rust and the wheel stud shoulders being to long after a quick inspection of the other hub it looks to be in the same boat
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When you put the new studs in take a file, die griner/dremel, unibit, or something similar and open up the stud holes in the drums slightly so they will slide on and off without having to remove the hub. It makes life much easier to service the brakes.....

 

Good thinking I am picking up my new studs in the morning hopefully I will be off before dark to get it all back together thanks for the help guys my experiance is limited to FSJs and later models, this 66 is still all new to me
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