I recently changed the front drums on my 1970 Challenger. The old drum came off with the hubs attached and I had to press them off. The new drums slid right onto the hubs with no pressing necessary. The left side came out just fine, but the right side now has a little play causing a vibration when braking. The right side drum is a little loose on the hub, but I thought installing the wheels would take out that little bit of play. It didn't.
Has anyone else had a drum that installed a little too loosely? How did you correct it?
Thanks!
Do you have an aftermarket set-up? You mentioned hubs. Original, the drums had the bearings pressed into the drum itself, and the wheel studs are part of the drum. Are you using a hub that uses rear drums to slip over a hub?
It's a factory set up. The bearings are located in the hubs, and the actual drum is pressed onto the hub. They are actually two separate pieces, not one. If you do a search for front drums, you will see they do not include the hub assembly.
Guess it's been a few years since I've messed with mine. I could have sworn the front drum was all one piece
Try putting the nuts on the hub and drum and then get them resurfaced as an assembly.
So what I ended up doing was to replace the wheel studs on the right side so the drum wasn't so loose and made sure I had the proper torque on the retaining nut on both sides. That fixed the problem! :woohoo: