Same over here. What really pisses me off is when people lose parts of their drums (c’mon people... there’s only like 12 parts in there... don’t lose them)... I have a box full of miscellaneous common drum hardware that I spent about an hour at the junkyard collecting for just those occasions.

vs. Putin just flat telling Obama to fuck off?

So your expectation is that Iran, Russia, China etc are all run by a bunch of pussies like we are?

Yes. Just yes.

That sounds nearly impossible, but I suppose anything can happen. You know the pins I’m talking about?

You were talking about disc swapping your truck, but it sounded like you already serviced the drums, so I was wondering why you would think you had to do anything else to the drums pretty much ever again. Seems like a waste of money.

I wouldn’t recommend a first time mechanic tackle drums on their own without help. The job isn’t hard, but if you don’t know how to use the tools and what the parts are actually doing you can get in trouble fast. I would think in the modern day of YouTube everything a regular joe could probably figure it out.

As long as nobody pushed the brake, and you don’t actually pull the piston (not the pin) out of the wheel cylinder, you shouldn’t have gotten air in them.

I actually already pointed out the e-brake-inside disc as being the main reason I’m NOT rear disc swapping most of my stuff. Those things are a nightmare box... I’m looking at you Toyota.

...I would actually rather work on drums than build flat-box furniture.

Did you know you can knock the heads off of the pins on the backing plates with a chisel and the shoes, hardware and all, will come right out WITH the drum? New pins are included with the hardware kit for ~$10/axle (with all new springs too).

If nothing else Trump isn’t afraid to say what he thinks and then doesn’t back away from it later. Right or wrong, no one is uncertain where they stand with him.

Thanks for reminding me that this car forum is basically hosted by Gawker...

I’m going to toss this out there too... Why are you guys working on your drums all the time? If you’ve done them once you’re pretty much over it for the next decade or so. Might have to pull the drum off again to service a differential or maybe replace a parking brake cable, but that’s not a huge deal.

How on Earth did you brake a DRUM? You drop it or smash it with a hammer forever?

Are you talking about the pins, springs, and retainers that hold the shoes to the backing plates or the shoe springs themselves? Are you using the correct tools?

I don’t necessarily disagree with any of that, I guess I just don’t mind it. You CAN screw up a lot of things if you don’t take your time and/or pay attention.

You can make your wish come true with enough throttle input... The downside is that it doesn’t last very long.

I have the cheap Harbor Freight drums tools, and my Dad has Matco, and they both work fine and are of the exact same design. That must have been some really crazy brake spring or a defective tool. I’ve done Ford 8.8 and 9” drums (not sure what was on your Conti) without issue.

I’m not arguing any of that. I just wonder what an electric that could really complete with a top fuel would actually be like. I could pretty easily imagine motors and controllers getting burned up every single run and batteries not lasting very long. No matter how you cut it the physics of that is going to generate a…