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Posted by: madmatt---------------------
This might not be the place for this, but I am trying to fix my roomate's fourwheeler and I have run into a little bit of a problem.
It is an older model Kawasaki Bayou 250 and the whole rear end is locked up. I looked through the fill plug of the rear differential and nothing seemed abnomal, no milky oil, pieces of metal, etc.
I think that it has sat so long with water in the rear brake drums that the brakes might be locked up. I can't even turn the lever that sticks out of the drum that controls the rear brakes.
What I was wondering is how I can get the hub assembly apart to look at the brakes. I have tried just about everything that I know to do and am stuck. I am sure that out of all of you guys someone has taking one of these damn things apart.
Any info would be greatly appreciated!!
Posted by: IrishEKU---------------------
Pull the tire and hit the drum with a hammer, short of that keep hitting the mechanism with WD-40 or some other comparitave anti seize compund.
Posted by: TransAm77---------------------
My dunebuggy was like this when I got it (I guess thats what happens when it sits outside for 30 years in Michigan). I'm assuming that the wheel mounts to the drums with studs..if it does this method should work/help. I took the wheel off, and heated the drum with a torch, then put a pipe between two studs and pushed down on the pipe. It took all of my body weight (about 120lbs) plus the leverage of the pipe. But I did break it loose.
Posted by: IrishEKU---------------------
TransAm77
The Kawie, B250 has a drum brake, that has a totally different system from your buggy. Heating up the drum will cook the seals on the drive shaft. By "tapping" it and I mean the drum and soaking the parts with WD-40 and or another "Anti-Seiz" compound . LOL
Just look at my earlier post!
Of course 'Rocket Scientists' couldn't do that. LOL WHAT? Someone else thought of it before me?
Yup.......Yes they did!
Posted by: madmatt---------------------
Thanks so far for all the info guys.
One more question, where should I apply force with the hammer. I tried previously prying the two pieces ( and I mean the hub and the part that bolts to the axle) apart with a large flat screwdriver, but of course they are both aluminum and I didn't want to screw them up. Any suggestions??
Posted by: Neil Wig---------------------
Can you do one drum at a time? Tip the bike on it's side, put one drum assembly into a bucket, and fill the bucket with bulk WD-40, or tranny oil. Let it soak for a day or so, then do the other side. That should get everything good and goey in there.
Posted by: madmatt---------------------
Neil, I haven't thought about that, that might be what I try out. Thanks.
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