I suggest the first thing to try is to take the large nut off the center. I believe this nut keeps the wheel and drum onto the axle. I suspect the eight carriage bolts keep the spokes and drum together. The nuts should be inside the brake drum.
The wheel and brake drum should come off, exposing the brake shoes and other hardware that would be covered by the drum.
If the wheel does not come off easily, you might need a wheel puller that screws onto the hub cap threads and has a bolt in the center that would push on the end of the axle. This is the setup that I'm familiar with on the old Chevy trucks. After screwing the puller onto the hub threads, crank the bolt down to contact the axle, make it a little tight, and give the end of the bolt a whack with a small sledge hammer. At least, that's the process I used on my old Chevy trucks. Below is a pic of my wheel/hub puller.
Figure out what thread size you have and then look for one that fits on ebay.
Dean
Last edited by Rustoholic; 09/03/202411:17 PM. Reason: added verbiage
