How do i get the drums off when when the little screw holes are rusted out? i believe previous owners never changed the shoes or drums so the drums are pretty rusted, any ideas on how to get it off?|||spray some penetrating oil where the drum meets the axle,clean up the rust on the axle-sand paper/file/wire brush- parking brake off-using two screw drivers,slot near bottom center drum, use one screw driver to release self adjuster pawl,use second screw driver to back off star wheel adjuster retracting brake shoes-drum should come off,might require some careful taps with a hammer to get past rust on axle|||you maight need an impact screwdriver to unfasten screws, or a really good hammer, you can even use a centre punch to tap them round if the slots have worn away,
make sure handbrake cable is slackened and let loose with hammer, dont be afraid to use,it, its standard proceedure !|||Not Sure What Screw Holes You Are Talking About Unless You Mean The Ones In The Drum , But as A Rule They Have To Be Beaten On With A Hammer Until They Start To Pull Off, If You Are Not Sure Take Them To A Shop Or Find A Friend Who Knows How To Do It, They Can Be Easy Or Very-Very Hard To Get Off|||First just bang it from behind W/ a rubber mallet, the br. shoes are whats holding it, make sure the E-Brake is off,if that wont work then try to scrape off the rust around the threaded holes, and pour br fluid over the whole drum around the lug studs then let it soak, start a bolt in into the holes, ID remember what size they are tho.then just tighten one on each side and it should pop right off,, and change and flush all the br. fluid it prob. looks like molasses,,right?|||With rear drum brakes, as a rule, the drums come straight off when the wheels are removed; they should not be separated from the hubs. If the brake shoes have worn down their inner surfaces a little, they will hang up on the shoes. Try releasing hydraulic pressure a little by releasing a bit of fluid with the bleed valves behind the wheels. Then grasp opposite sides of the drums and pull with a rocking motion.|||99% of the time to get a rusty drum off you have to hit it with a hammer. but when you hit it you absolutely MUST NOT hit the fins. these are for heat transfer among other things. you have to hit the little flat area just above these. this will usually knock it loose.
