front drum removal now what?

Give the rust busters time to work but if you have 9" drums that are swedged on (like my '70) then I suggest cutting/ grinding them flat with the drum to remove the drum. After the hub is seperated from the drum, cut / grind the studs flush with the hub so they can be pressed out without elongating the hub holes. Then you can have regular non-swedged studs pressed in and not have to go down this road again.
One other note - don't try to dremmel / grind around the studs to undo the swedging. It doesn't remove enough metal to seperate the drum without messing the drum up. That's what I did and my 9" drums became trash but I was seperating the hubs / drums so I could install 11" brakes so I didn't care. Read up on the thread by John S. - it is very helpful.

 

yeh with those screws as i remember i went to sears and got one of those flat head screw drivers that you put onto a rachet. well a breakerbar later and they came loose.

 

I had the same problem with my 67. I just pulled the hubs and all.. This is what my service manual suggests. I then repacked the bearings and put it back together. If your dead set on seperating the hub from the drum do it off the jeep. You usually have to press out the studs, which means you have to press in NEW ones!

Get the proper hub nut socket, you can't really get the preload on the bearings right with a screw driver. Besides you'll use it again down the road... thats for sure.

 

A really useful tool for stubborn screws and bolts is a handheld impact driver. Looks like a screwdriver on steroids. You set it for remove, twist it like you were going to move something, and simultaneously whack the end of it with a BFH as if you think it will move. It usually does. About ten or fifteen bucks. I've had mine for over thirty five years, and it's often the best way to go. Air impacts sometimes are a little too much oomph, and they take the head right off. Hate that.

 

I 2nd this - I have one of these and this would be a perfect application for it. Cool tool.

 

the screws have a flat head.