>>879006Starting with a completely seized drum, no rotation, no free movement at all, it took about 10 minutes with some help from an extra set of hands, I imagine it would have taken at least twice as long on my own. First step was to release all brake line tension, we did this by simply backing the adjusters all of the way off and letting the cables hang freely. Then one of us would apply even outward pressure on the drum with two pry bars, one on either side of the drum prying gently between the backing plate and lip, while the other person blasted the drum/axle splines with penetrating oil and lightly tapped both around the drum and on the axle. Worked pretty well, after reading some of the horror stories surrounding failed brake shoes I was expecting war, the drum slowly wiggled free of the splines tap by tap.
