Re: Is there a better swage tool?
SkimmerBob, I just use an ordinary hole saw too. I make sure to go deep enough that a gentle tap with a tiny hammer knocks the relieved stud out, because a hard tap with a bigger hammer bends the hub flange really easily.
When truing a flange in a lathe it is surprising how most of the warps, left between stud holes after freeing it from the drum, can be tweaked out with a crescent wrench, judiciously applied, before taking a skim cut.
In fact I have not bothered to skim lately- I just true up with the crescent. And even this may not be necessary if one bolts the hub up tight to the new drum through all 5 stud holes, before removing one bolt at a time to swage in a new stud.
The drums then all need skimming inside by 8 to 12 thou to true them, despite having been machined round on the inside after casting. That is, all the drums I have done so far, bought from Snyders.
SAJ from NZ
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