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If you've got drums and haven't seen or tried this before and you have a problem, remember this.
my 98 OBS has the rear drums and they've been squeaking lately, so I decided to check and see if I had a problem. I did, it was trying to get the drums OFF.
With the dust shield around it, the inability to wedge a SMALL screwdriver between the drum and the shield, and the apparent vacuum created, I couldn't move the d*** thing at all.
Finally remembered a thread somewhere where somebody said the two small holes on the face of the drum weren't for letting water out. I threaded a 5/16 bolt, about 3/4 of an inch long into each of the 2 holes, and that sucker just backed right off.
Now I'm going to put some anti-seize compound on the inside of the shield, and hopefully I won't have the same problem in a month or two when I go to change the rear shoes.
PS. don't know why they're squeaking, nothing wrong with the drums OR shoes.
my 98 OBS has the rear drums and they've been squeaking lately, so I decided to check and see if I had a problem. I did, it was trying to get the drums OFF.
With the dust shield around it, the inability to wedge a SMALL screwdriver between the drum and the shield, and the apparent vacuum created, I couldn't move the d*** thing at all.
Finally remembered a thread somewhere where somebody said the two small holes on the face of the drum weren't for letting water out. I threaded a 5/16 bolt, about 3/4 of an inch long into each of the 2 holes, and that sucker just backed right off.
Now I'm going to put some anti-seize compound on the inside of the shield, and hopefully I won't have the same problem in a month or two when I go to change the rear shoes.
PS. don't know why they're squeaking, nothing wrong with the drums OR shoes.