1984 Front brake drums removal

Hello,

I am currently trying to remove the brake hubs because my landy failed its MOT because the brakes were pulling the steering wheel to the left.

I managed to get the brake drum retaining screw off with an impact driver.

I then losened off what I beleived to be the adjuster bolts on the back, but on this one there are 4 different bolts, 2 either side of the axle, 2 larger bolts and 2 smaller ones with a flat screw driver head and a knut.

All of these bolts have been undone, and they all stop the wheel from turning if tightened. However I still am unable to get he hub off and am wondering whether there is something special to do as there are more bolts than most people talk about on here with series land rovers.

Som photos are here

this is of the front of the wheel with the brake drum retaining screw off


This shows the 2 front bolts


This shows 3 of the 4 bolts that I believe are adjuster bolts.

Any help on getting the hub off and how to calibrate both brakes so that they brake the same amount would be greatly appreciated!

Tom

Have you tried giving the drum some encouragement with a wooden / Hyde mallet? Mine needed a little encouragement that way. Sounds like you have backed off the shoes ok

The screws control the tilt angle of the shoes so they contact the drum squarely, the nut (1/2" I think) is the snail cam that will back the shoes off. My front drums needed some encouragement to come off, I placed the head of a large bolt snug up against the back side of the drum and struck it firmly with a lump hammer, needed to do it in a couple of places around the rim to get the drum free enough to wobble it off.

Thanks ajb,

Tapping with a hammer definitely helped it off. I also inseterted a bolt in the hole next to the hub retaining hole and screwed that in, with both of these it came of really easily. I did however brake the part inside the brake drum that connects to the 1/2 inch bolt to adjust the brake drums so have to replace that now...

Thanks for the help

In the first pic you posted you can see a threaded hole in the drum, find a bolt of the correct thread and wind it in and tap the drum with a hammer this usually gets them off.