Rear Brake Drums

[VVT-i Owns]

Does anyone know what size bolt to turn into the hole to get the drum off?

[RningOnFumes]

huh? Don't you just take off the parking brake (if you applied it--just release it) and take a hammer and wack at the shitter until it gets loose?

...did you try it?

edit: clarification of "wacking the shitter" ... hit one side..rotate, hit. Rotate, hit.....continue with more force as you rotate.

[VVT-i Owns]

I guess I can try that, but the holes are there to turn a bolt into the drum so pop it off brake assembley

[jorallo]

yo he's right my rear drums were so rusty i had to take a hammer whack it a crap load of times till it came loose.. theres another way.. u see the hole on the brake drum not the adjusting hole but the smaller one find a nut large and long enough and screw it into that hole until the cover pops out i broke down found some walmart high heat black cleaned the break casing and then painted it black.. u can still see where i whacked it a couple times with the hammer but not anything ugly that thing can take a beating.. trust me oh and use that stuff pb blaster.. to loosen it up a lil

[VVT-i Owns]

Originally Posted by jorallo

yo he's right my rear drums were so rusty i had to take a hammer whack it a crap load of times till it came loose.. theres another way.. u see the hole on the brake drum not the adjusting hole but the smaller one find a nut large and long enough and screw it into that hole until the cover pops out i broke down found some walmart high heat black cleaned the break casing and then painted it black.. u can still see where i whacked it a couple times with the hammer but not anything ugly that thing can take a beating.. trust me oh and use that stuff pb blaster.. to loosen it up a lil

Thats the hole I am talking about...
What size nut did you use?

[jorallo]

i took a one from one of the mounting screws under the car.. and put it back try the first one i tried was near the throttle body under hood then the other one i tried was one that held my splash guard i can't specifically remember which one was long enough if not go to home depot and try their bolt department but even with the nut u still had to take a hammer to it couple of times .. i believe the one that was near the throttle body assembly was long enough if i can remember correctly... i can't remember the size bro it was late at night i just remember looking for a nut happy hunting cuz it was 5am in the morning and i wanted to finish.. i used everything in my garage to get that biatch open i was like a filipno macguiver