Tercel rear drums

TWEEKSTOMPER

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TOYOTA TERCEL

A '95 Tercel with about 160,000 on it. It sounds like the beginning of metal to metal in the rear brakes. After buying all the necessary shoes and wheel cylinders to do the job, I wasn't able to get the drums off. I was told to look for retainer screws or to use penetrating oil and a five pound mallet, but none of these seemed to work. Am I missing something here? What is up with these drums? T'Stomper.

Saturday, August 26th, 2006 AT 4:07 AM

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KASEKENNY

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Drum brakes can get stuck on there and sometimes take a little more aggression to get them off. So here is a video on some ways to remove this:

https://youtu.be/UV0kfP17Co0

However, we just want to make sure we are on the same page because front wheel drive vehicles with rear drum brakes have a spindle that goes through the drum and has a nut that has to be removed.

Here is a guide that will help with this:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-replace-rear-brake-shoes-and-drums

I am attaching the entire process below from the manual.

Please run through this and let us know what you are dealing with.

Thanks

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Monday, March 14th, 2022 AT 3:47 PM

TWEEKSTOMPER

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Problem solved. After all the sweating and swearing, something this simple reminded me of why I don't like doing drum brakes in the first place. It was the axle nut and bearing that needed to come out.

Anyway, thanks for the input and maybe someday I can return the favor. Until next time. T'Stomper

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Monday, March 14th, 2022 AT 3:47 PM