What does it take to remove the drum brake on the rear to get to the hub? Need to install camber shims

 

I use a screwdriver to get them loose. If you remove the rubber grommet on the back towards the rear of the car you gain access to the auto adjuster for the rear shoes. You need to push in on the little metal flange and turn the star wheel to loosen the brakes and the drum should slide off easily depending how much of a lip there is from the shoes.

 

BFH method, take a big ******* hammer and hit it about 3/4 of the way out hard as ****. Comes off every time

 

Exactly. Remove wheel, hit the drum one time HARD with a big hammer, and it will come right off.

Depending on the design of the shims, the bolts come from the rear, you might not even have to remove the drum. Just loosen it up and put the shims in.

 

You guys must of got lucky because here's what I had to do to get mine off. Adjust the shoes all the way in, pull on drum, no luck. Acquire BFH, hit the drum several times, pull on drum, no luck. Spray PB blaster all over the hub and around the wheel studs, commence beating the **** out of the drum in pure rage, finally comes off with some coaxing. Then, for me, it was on to the fun part of actually replacing the shoes lol. May the man who invented drum brakes burn in hell for eternity.

 

so can i just unbolt the hub to install camber shim?

 

That is the word Zach, how mcuh are you gonna run? Thinking about shimming mine too. lol

 

well one side is already set up at -1.3 i think and that is because the axle is bent lol

 

so you're gonna do -3....-5 all the way around? lol

oh and which side on your car is rubbing the most? passenger or driver?

 

passenger. drivers side is at -1.5 or so im gonna make the passenger side -1.5 too. your not answering my question randy lol

 

Sorry Zachary, yes just unbolt the damn hub and put the shim in. lol But as a side note, my car rubs terribly on the drivers side and virtually none on the passenger side. weird.

 

chevy lean bro, does it feel really soft on the drivers side as opposed to the passenger side?

 

it feels slightly softer on the drivers side versus the passenger side. This car is horseshit! lol and my axle bind is getting progressively worse I think. haha

 

 

i need stiffer springs the drivers side rear seems to come up completley into the wheel well when i hit a bump.

 

Yes Joe?

 

Yea Zach my springs seem super soft in the rear, especially with people in the back seat. haha