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fiftychev · 02-05-2018, 08:46 PM

I have the rivets out of the rear roller track but the service brake tube that holds the bushings for the shafts must be pressed into the backing plate. Any ideas on how to get this tube out of the backing plate?

JDupuis · 02-05-2018, 08:53 PM

Hey Fifty, leave the tubes on. The bushings can be pressed in with the everything still together. (Tube and backerplate attached). Jeff

SteveB31 · 02-05-2018, 11:04 PM

Tap it with a hammer

aermotor · 02-06-2018, 06:42 AM

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Originally Posted by fiftychev

I have the rivets out of the rear roller track but the service brake tube that holds the bushings for the shafts must be pressed into the backing plate. Any ideas on how to get this tube out of the backing plate?

If you are replacing the entire assembly the bushing housing will already be swaged to the roller track. (Snyders A-2011-BR) So pry between track roller and brake backing plate and get a bigger hammer.

John

BILL WILLIAMSON · 02-06-2018, 06:53 AM

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fiftychev · 02-06-2018, 11:16 AM

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Thanks Guys!

Tap Tap Tap doesn't work. I guess I gotta do the bang bang bang!

I'm concerned I'll damage the backing plate.

aermotor · 02-06-2018, 02:09 PM

Try getting a thin wedge between the roller track and the backing plate then Tap Tap Tap on the wedge. Just went through this yesterday. See if you can twist the tube with a pipe wrench.

John

Mel Gross · 02-06-2018, 03:06 PM

Place the backing plate on a sturdy workbench or other surface with the track hanging over the edge and tap firmly on the e-brake tube with a brass or plastic mallet. It will come loose. Done hundreds of them and never had to press them out. I don't pry them off as I sometimes use the tracks over again after welding them up and resurfacing them.

02-05-2018, 08:46 PM	#1
fiftychev Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 23	Rear brake roller track removal I have the rivets out of the rear roller track but the service brake tube that holds the bushings for the shafts must be pressed into the backing plate. Any ideas on how to get this tube out of the backing plate?

02-05-2018, 08:53 PM	#2
JDupuis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Maryhill Ont Canada Posts: 834	Re: Rear brake roller track removal Hey Fifty, leave the tubes on. The bushings can be pressed in with the everything still together. (Tube and backerplate attached). Jeff __________________ Let's let pylons, be pylons!

02-05-2018, 11:04 PM	#3
SteveB31 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Englewood, Colorado Posts: 1,372	Re: Rear brake roller track removal Tap it with a hammer

02-06-2018, 06:53 AM	#5
BILL WILLIAMSON Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: FRESNO, CA Posts: 12,560	Re: Rear brake roller track removal A HERO BADGE to the inventor of the HAMMER!!!----HAMMER jokes abound about it, but what would the world be, without them?? Bill TAP-TAP-TAP __________________ "THE ASSISTANT GURU OF STUFF"

02-06-2018, 11:16 AM	#6
fiftychev Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 23	Re: Rear brake roller track removal Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Thanks Guys! Tap Tap Tap doesn't work. I guess I gotta do the bang bang bang! I'm concerned I'll damage the backing plate.

02-06-2018, 02:09 PM	#7
aermotor Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 1,099	Re: Rear brake roller track removal Try getting a thin wedge between the roller track and the backing plate then Tap Tap Tap on the wedge. Just went through this yesterday. See if you can twist the tube with a pipe wrench. John

02-06-2018, 03:06 PM	#8
Mel Gross Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 909	Re: Rear brake roller track removal Place the backing plate on a sturdy workbench or other surface with the track hanging over the edge and tap firmly on the e-brake tube with a brass or plastic mallet. It will come loose. Done hundreds of them and never had to press them out. I don't pry them off as I sometimes use the tracks over again after welding them up and resurfacing them.