205 rear drum - won't budge!!

any one idea's on how to get rear drum off, got n/s off ok, but o/s
won't budge, heard some trick about sticking a scre-driver through one
of the 4 nut-holes, but can't figure what u need to do? shed any light
anyone?

 

I heard that trick too, but I could never get it to work. Have you tried
levering it off with the wheel still on? That was always a good way to get
them off. If that didnt work I used to use a hub puller, which usually just
pulled the shoes out with it, breaking the retaining clips, so make sure you
have spare ones if you try it!

 

you need a small torch to see through the bolt hole in the drum.
rotate the drum until the hole is near the top and look for the auto
adjuster toothed wheel, since you have the opposite drum off already you
should have an idea where its located.
use a smallish flat screwdriver to turn the adjuster wheel and free off the
shoes.
voila.
Steve.

 

All sounds very easy, but I could never get it to work. But then again the
delicate method never did work for me. Brute force and ignorance all the
way

 

Absolutely. The bigger the hammer, the better in my book.

 

Will probably have mentioned by other wiser folk, but....

1. make sure handbrake is off (doh!, but you never know)
2. remove brake fluid resovoir cap to allow fluid to flow back in from
system
3. apply large hammer vigorously to sides of brake drum (and top and bottom
if you're getting in the swing of it) to force shoes back up against pistons
4. attempt removal of drum
5. repeat 3 and 4 until successful!

cheers,
JB

 

Ah yes. If all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a
nail.

Cheers,
Julian The Helpful

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1a. Make sure the handbrake is really off.

If the handbrake has been badly adjusted in the past, it
might not be completely releasing. If the cable is not
slack, undo the adjuster until it is.

-Mark

 

its not difficult using a screwdriver to release the tensioner, just takes a
little practice and patience, it is the correct way to do the job, hammmers
will only break the clips and probably damage the shoes.
a slide hammer should only be used when the shoes have been released and the
bearing is a little tight.
if you have more than say 5 clicks on the handbrake then i would assume this
is not affecting the removal of the drum as long as it is fully off.
steve.

 

he guys, amny thanks for all the help on this one, i've managed to get
the hub off by using the wheel and large boots (kicking) method,
finally off, broke the barke shoe in doing so, but i'm guesing it must
have been coming part anyway and causing the jam.

Thanks again, now onto the next thing (rust ahhhhh)

Z