I'm having brake issues..., Drum won't come off!! Options

[95CelicaST]

So I bought some brake shoes the other day and I was going to tackle my rear brakes yesterday, so I took the wheel off and quickly ran into a problem. My drums seem to be stuck. I pryed and pryed and they wouldn't budge. I tapped with a soft-headed mallet and they wouldn't budge that way either. It got to the point where I was standing there kicking it. I finally gave up and threw my wheel back on. For some reason I know someone will ask that stupid question "Did you have your E-brake on? durrrrrr" and the answer is no. Is there some sort of way that should get them off? The search function yeilded no real results.

[Galcobar]

As in put rotors on the rear wheels instead of drums? Not without replacing the rest of the brake hardware.

If the drums are stuck and won't simply pull off, you might need to adjust your parking brake shoes off the drum -- the E-brake doesn't have to be engaged for them to be holding the drum on. If the drum was correctly installed, there's a hole in the face of the drum that lines up with a hole in the face of the hub. Turn the drum until those two holes are at the bottom, and you should see a toothed wheel. Adjust it with a screwdriver until the drum rotates quite freely.

This post has been edited by Galcobar: Sep 14, 2006 - 7:51 PM