Hey I was trying to replace the rear bearings on my
1985 vanagon.  I encountered a problem removing the
'brake shoe pivot'.  (The V shaped thing at the bottom
of the drum brake that holds the brake shoes).  The
two bolts came out fine but the pin that goes through
to the housing was stuck.  Rotating the brake shoe
pivot only caused the pin to move in the housing.  The
bently manual seems to indicate that the pin should be
part of the housing not the brake shoe pivot. I was
unable to pry it off.  I applied penetrating oil
without success.  I also tried hammering on the pin
with a punch from the brake side.  Still no success.
I decided to seek advice rather than force the issue.

My current thought is to try heat.  Any other ideas?

Any help would be appreciated. I searched the
archives and could not find any problems like this.
Maybe this is because I don't know the real name of
the 'brake shoe pivot'.

Thanks,

Ron Maxseiner
85 Vanagon GL