This is simplicity itself.  Remove the two small 11mm head bolts in the rear
drum.  Use a hammer and hit the face of the drum between where the studs are
located (you can hit hard if you wish because the hub is backing up the
relatively thin drum).  Do this in a back and forth pattern and the drum
should brake free of the center hub (this is the part that actually has the
big nut on it).  Hope this helps.

Thanks,
Ken Wilford
John 3:16
http://www.vanagain.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Bill Marshall
Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 10:07 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Rear axle

Hey John,
     How do you get the brake drums off w/out taking the axel nuts off?  Is
that a late model thing (I have an '85), or is there some mysterious trick
the Bentley doesn't mention?  It seems to me that the nut tightens right
down
onto the drum.

Bill Marshall
PHX