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rear drum dilemma - assistance requested

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Subject: rear drum dilemma - assistance requested
From: "Jeff McNeal" <jmcneal@ohms.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 23:56:39 -0800
Hi all.  As part of my brake overhaul I tried to crack open the rear drums
this evening to remove the old shoes and wheel cylinders.  I removed the two
screws, which I believe are what holds the drum in place, loosened the brake
adjusting nut on the lower backside of the drum all the way
counter-clockwise ...and couldn't get the drum off.  I tried gently prying
it off to no avail.  I made sure that the handbrake was off.  In fact, at
one point I even disconnected the handbrake clevis.

The only thing I manged to do was knock one of the lugs screws back into the
drum where it fell to the bottom.

Did I miss a step here? I'm pretty sure that I'm NOT supposed to remove the
1" center nut, right?  I sure hope not, because I don't think I could get it
off if I tried.   Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.

Best wishes,

Jeff
'67 RHD Spitfire Mk3 (with no brakes)
http://www.ohms.com/spitfire/brakes.shtml


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