Joe,

STOP!...

You don't need to get the big nut off to check the rear brakes (despite
what the Bentley says).

All you need to do is pull the drum... remove the two small (11mm?) bolts
on the face of the drum, then persuade the drum to come loose. I used a two
pound sledgehammer and some patience.

I've seen advice on the list that the drum can be loosened by putting a
jack under it to apply some pressure, it sounds less likely to damage the
drum than the hammer method, but I didn't try it (had my drums off before I
saw that post).

I recently did a complete rebuild of the rear brakes on my '85 (new shoes,
wheel cylinders, springs and retainers), and never touched the big nut.

Tim

At 09:51 AM 5/5/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>ok something is weird i checked a nut size on a website it showed 30mm,
>but I'm
>almost sure my 85 is 45mm? I have the nut breaker brace to loosin or try to ;)
>anyone have this old stocker nut on thier 85? not the 30mm.
>
>my breaks desided to stick today in the rear so i need to open it up and
>check it out,
>man the bently diagrams are weak.
>
>Thanks,
>Joe
>85gl