Rear Brake Drum wil not come off...Need Help

[EagertoLearn]

I backed the brakes all the was off but still feels like the shoes are holding drum on. What is my next step?

 

[MattW]

Got a hammer?

 

[Michael A]

BFH plus guts to keep banging away...Spinning drum as you go helps.
Also, loosen adjustor through backing plate all the way.
Michael

 

[EagertoLearn]

I loosened up the adjusters all the way... I will try the bfh again. I just need to keep spinning the drum around and see what happens

 

[stock1970]

pry a little with a screw driver while beating.. also spray some wd40 on the center.. get mad and hit that sucker.. lol

 

[tk1218]

What worked for me was using my angle grinder with a wire wheel, I used it around the center section and they came right off after it removed the old rust, etc.

Make sure you have eye protection.

 

[joshd1971bronco]

x4 on the BFH. Just hit the sucker. Those things get siezed up on the axle flange in the center and the shoes themselves.

 

[Viperwolf1]

Cut the heads off the pins that hold the shoes on. Those should be replaced with a brake job anyway.

 

[zeeman1]

Cut the heads off the pins that hold the shoes on. Those should be replaced with a brake job anyway.

brilliant!

 

[EagertoLearn]

Looks like it already had brakes done. Pads look to be 80 percent on both sides.
What is the proper way to adjust the rear brakes once I put the drums back on?

 

[EagertoLearn]

I used all the suggestions, I first wire wheeled the centers then took a big screwdriver and pried while breating on the drum and off it came! Thanks for the help!

 

[MattW]

Rear brakes don't see much action. I'm fairly certain mine were original when I tore into them. They still looked usable, but I wasn't going to chance it.

 

[EagertoLearn]

These looked new so I think they will be fine. Looks like he put new all the way around but didn't change the lines. I always put all new lines on my builds. They are easy to get to now with body off and engine out.

 

[MattW]

I can only imagine how much easier that would be. I ran new ones with the body and engine still on the frame. It wasn't impossible, just a pain in the ass.