Anti seize on 4707/4709 brake anchor pins/bushings ???

If the drums are still in spec give them a scuff with some 60-80 grit sand paper to remove the glaze or use a roloc disk on your air powered angle die grinder which is what I do.

I use anti-seize on mine as well and I don't have any issues from it. Use it sparingly so it doesn't have the opportunity to contaminate the braking surface.

 

Drums are relatively cheap. Me personally I'd take the old drums off for scrap $ to the local recycling place and slap new ones on. If the pins look ok you can just slap shoes on and go but I'd rather put new ones in, that's just me though. Tiger tools makes a nice little press that makes getting the pins and sleeves out a quick easy job. Kinda pricey at $300 but a good tool.

 

You can rent a ball joint press at Autozone , it works great.

 

I never got them for less than around $90 before then but to me even now prices at $120 apiece is dirt cheap. It's not like you're installing new drums every few months. Heck a set of brakes and drums on a truck and trailer last me 6 years or more. And cutting corners to save a few dollars on brakes? Not my truck.

 

BFH usually gets them out.

They're always seized around these parts. Anti-seize just determines how large a BFH is needed to get them out.

 

That's on the driver or possibly the type of trucking you do that they only last 3 years. Some people get on the brakes more than others. I always used my jake to bleed speed and used service brakes as sparingly as possible. Fleetpride in house shoes and drums.