Rear Brake Job turns into axle replacement????

I apologise in advance if this post is inappropriate to this forum, but
through my search of forums, you folks seem to know your sh_t better
than any others.

My son bought a 96 tacoma 2.7L 4x4 5-speed manual with 238,000 mi. It
seems to run and shift good, but as we tackled the rear brakes to fix
the e-brake all sh_t broke loose. Drums were really really rusted and
even after turning back the star tension adjuster to loosen the pads it
would not budge. Did the 2 screws in the drum trick...cracked the
drum....still frozen. Beat....heat...beat....heat.....nothin. Noticed
the e-brake bell crank on the back side was boot was missing and
completely rusted and would not budge (both sides). Bolts are all
rusted so you can't get a wrench on anything. It is the same on both
sides. The threads on the right side drum to do the 2 screw trick we
found to be stripped. My guess is it has been a long long time since
any work has been done to these rear brakes. I'm at the point where I
think I need to just pull the axles and replace with a complete
servicable assembly. I finally got the drum on the left side off, and
everything inside is a mess and completely rusted.

I would appreciate the forum's advice and any approximate estimates for
parts.

Sorry for the long post...thanks for the response in advance.

For the right side drum have you thought abouit drilling and tapping the threaded holes
to the next size. It sounds like the car had been sitting in a pool of water and then
not driven for a long time.

jc



"AirWolfe1" <airwolfe1@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> I apologise in advance if this post is inappropriate to this forum, but
> through my search of forums, you folks seem to know your sh_t better
> than any others.
>
> My son bought a 96 tacoma 2.7L 4x4 5-speed manual with 238,000 mi. It
> seems to run and shift good, but as we tackled the rear brakes to fix
> the e-brake all sh_t broke loose. Drums were really really rusted and
> even after turning back the star tension adjuster to loosen the pads it
> would not budge. Did the 2 screws in the drum trick...cracked the
> drum....still frozen. Beat....heat...beat....heat.....nothin. Noticed
> the e-brake bell crank on the back side was boot was missing and
> completely rusted and would not budge (both sides). Bolts are all
> rusted so you can't get a wrench on anything. It is the same on both
> sides. The threads on the right side drum to do the 2 screw trick we
> found to be stripped. My guess is it has been a long long time since
> any work has been done to these rear brakes. I'm at the point where I
> think I need to just pull the axles and replace with a complete
> servicable assembly. I finally got the drum on the left side off, and
> everything inside is a mess and completely rusted.
>
> I would appreciate the forum's advice and any approximate estimates for
> parts.
>
> Sorry for the long post...thanks for the response in advance.
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