Originally Posted by Jungerfrosch
On my '46 1.5ton I took the nuts off the backing plate(split the ones that wouldn't come off) and took the whole assembly off as one piece, shoes, wheel cylinders, and drum together. Once it is off it is an easy matter to disassemble everything with no need to heat or pound on anything. I would be very, very, very careful trying to adjust the brakes off as I destroyed one of the adjusters trying to loosen it. By taking the backing plate off you don't have to try to move anything that is frozen.

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Just curious how did you split the nuts on the backing plate that wouldn't come off? My studs/nuts on the backing plate sheared and spin with no room for a nut cutter to split them.