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[Bob Carriere]

Weather permitting...... we got dumped finally with about 8 inches of snow...... and it looks like it is going to stay......

Snow blower is not installed on the tractor yet and I got a cold.... been on a Ass-prine and pillow diet.....

Will try to bring a spare axle in the barn and let it thaw out on the axle stand..... nicer to work inside with Lucifer fired up in the background.

Never had much luck with brake drums with may be one exception that had been store at a cockeye angle allowing the gear oil to leak down into the drum and loose up everything.

It seems that even with loosening all the adjustment nuts... if the linings are rusted to the face of the drums..... and they do swell up with water wheen left on the ground for 20 years.

I found the heat froma cherry bud and a two pound hammer on the backside of the braking surface eventually releases them.

One thing to avoid is tapping ...even gently on the edge/rim of the drums....... with some rust the casting is almost soft and easily broken/chipped off......

Will let you know how we make out.....

Bob