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John;
...this clearly proves that it takes beer to loosen drums!...if, for instance, you had been drinking a brewsky while you were working on the car, they would have come off immediately...apparently, you still need to learn about this important aspect of wrenching....
Seriously though, a slight film of anti-seize is not going to compromise the tapered axle to drum interface in any way...the taper assures concentric alignment (and a film of miniscule thickness is certainly not going to change that), and the key locks the two together for torque transfer. Besides, the tapered surfaces are precisely machined, but they are NOT a precision fit, which means that all but the slightest film of the AS will be displaced into the valleys next to any contacting peaks of the two surfaces, resulting in unchanged alignment between the two, but much improved, and as we know, a very desirable, release characteristics.
Brett;
If you have the luxury of time, leave the drum lubed (questionably effective), and (well) preloaded with the puller, and just let it sit for a while...it worked for John...and may for you. Heating the drum hub can only may help by introducing some thermal action...if that does give the desired release, just give the striking wrench another whack, go have a beer, and read the latest JK Rowling book!
Regarding the VCOA meet...unfortunately, I commited to another event well before I found out about the Vermont meet. I would have also enjoyed seeing old and new Volvofriends again, but unless something drastic happens, I dont expect I'll make it.
Cheers
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