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The reason he needed to beat on it was, the safety wire is pulling the heads of the bolts toward the center. This makes the threaded portion of the bolts spread out(in diameter).
As is the case most of the time, a look at the TM will get you answers(with a tiny bit of common sense).
The bolts are safety wired together. So while technically you can get away with what the OP did, you probably should not count on it since the wire is not really good for holding the bolt...
You can remove the drum with a bigger hammer, but you can not re-install it that way.
At this point in deuce ownership, you have 2 choices. Pay someone to work on your truck or download and learn to use the TMs.
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