I took off the axle nut with one of those tools you whack with a hammer. The
drum pulled right off then. I had a hard time separating the drum from the
inner splined piece after it was off the van.

Mark Ingalls
Nebraska City, Nebraska
85  Vanagon GL    'Airheart'
75  Beetle   'Salvation'

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Andrew Fox <afox@USGS.GOV>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 10:23 AM
Subject: how to get rear brake drums off?

> I'm trying to replace my rear brake shoes and i see that bentley shows
> using a puller to get the drums off.  When you replaced your shoes did you
> take the drum off with a puller?  I removed the two small (11 mm) bolts on
> the drum, then put the wheel back on, put 2 lugs on and tried pulling the
> drum off with the wheel but it did'nt come off.  Parking brake is off and
> car is in park.  Any suggestions?
>
> BTW, by browsing my mostly completed  vanagon links webpage at:
> http://www2.hawaii.edu/~andrewf/vanagon/links.htm
> which takes a new approach to linking (indexed by individual how-to's and
> articles not homepages) it is now easier to find an article on how to fix
> something on your van.  It is also easier to see what's out there and
> although there are one or two articles on replacing front brake pads i
> have'nt found anything on rear Vangaon brakes out there on the WWW.  When
i
> finish replacing my shoes ill try to write something up, and if you are
> thinking of writing a how-to for the vanagon community check my site to
see
> what's already been written and what's needed.
>
> THanks,
> andrew fox
>