Whoop success today with lots of heat 225 degrees. Hammering while heating and a porta jack keeping pressure on lip of drum ( 200-300 limit on particular spreader I used ). Finally brole loose. Good news ..all springs and apparatus look good. Leaking wheel cylinders on left. ( lucky I bought rebuild kits plus one rear front one rear rear new complete cylinder since I broke off two mounting bolts in cylinder. Building new brake lines tomorrow and hope to get it put back together by Sunday. Hope I can find a replacement rear rubber brakeline. I assume it's there to flex with truck movements and vibrations. Thanks for all th advise I'm having fun learning and restoring this old girl.
