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The first time I took the rear drums off on my PV it had been parked for 15 years. After one of the rear brakes had stuck on and heated everything up. After being on the car for who knows how long. I rented one of the large, heavy pullers and put it on, spritzing the center with WD 40. Tapped it with a large hammer. Pounded it with a large hammer. Got an even larger hammer. Pounded harder and harder, cursed, sweated. Made not the slightest impression on the drum. Pounded as hard as I could with a very large hammer. Finally I felt as though something was going to pop in my head so I stomped off inside the house with the puller left on in it's final tightest position, had a beer, tried to relax, think about something else.
After about an hour and a half I heard a very loud BANG from outside. Went outside and the hub had jumped all the way off and was on the ground.
Using some anti-seize upon reassembly will make it easier to take apart in the future, but I wonder if it makes the joint a little less secure?
PS - I once put a 142E rear axle in my old '63 122 sedan (to replace the handgrenaded original rear end, apparently they need oil...) along with the 142E's radiator, engine, transmission, driveshaft, gas tank, seats, and rally gauge cluster. The braking didn't not improve at all. Neither was it worse, though, but the parking brake didn't work as well anymore.
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