Sorry for the lack of replying. My free time outside of work has been removing the brakes. So I loosened the brake adjustment screw, and that didn't work. I cut the brake shoe pins on the back of the dust plate, and that didn't work. I went through a 16 ounce bottle of PB Blaster, most of a WD 40 container, and those didn't work. I think continued using the drum puller, and that didn't work. Finally I removed the main brake pin on the top of the backside of the dust plate, used a drum puller, and finally the drum came off.
Now to question #2, I want to keep brake shoes on this, but hate spending $90 on 1 ton brake pads when I am only going to drive this 5-10 miles every couple of weeks. Can I use 3/4 ton brake shoes instead? The 1 ton shoes are 14X2", and the 3/4 are 12x2?
Heres our video we have been blogging with me pounding the brakes:
I'm not to mechanics, but a lifetime learning who picks things up quick
