Rear Drum Brakes 140k Miles

Do you recommend gently prying the drums off if stuck by using the 2 threaded bolt holes on drum with lubricant if all rusty?
Gentle tap with rubber mallet and slowly wrench on the bolts until it pops

 

Spring tool

$13 W175 Brake Spring Plier Installer

https://www.amazon.com/Performance-Tool-W175-Spring-Pliers/dp/B00BR1BV8Q?crid=1WUEWVBZSCZXQ&keywords=Drum+shoe+spring+tool&qid=1687390044&sprefix=drum+shoe+spring+too%2Caps%2C295&sr=8-4

Spoon

$10 Performance Tool W80630 Angled Brake Adjusting Tool for Star & Screw Adjusters - Drop Forged Steel with Chrome Plating

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Full kit

$35 Orion Motor Tech 10pc Drum Brake Tool Kit, Drum Brake Tool with Drum Brake Spring Tool, Brake Spring Compressor, Brake Spring Pliers, Drum Brake Adjusting Tool, Brake Spoon Set, Brake Drum Tool Kit

https://www.amazon.com/Brake-Spring...4&sprefix=drum+shoe+spring+too,aps,295&sr=8-7

 

OP!

Make sure that parking brake is NOT engaged beforehand

 

You can try the bolts.
If your drums are really rusted, you’ll probably pull the threads out.
Get them snug, smack it with a hammer.
Snug them up more, smack it again.

Be sure to back the shoes off FIRST.
That’s where the spoon tool comes in handy.

 

Lots of good "how to" advice here.

 

Thank you for this I literally would have had no idea about any of these items.

Where should I place the jacks and do I need wheel chocks?

 

I jacked up the rear on the rear differential, and placed jack stands on the axle tube, close to the rear wheels.
You 100% need wheel chocks. The front wheels are free to roll once the rear tires are off the ground. Place the chocks FIRST before you do anything.

 

I can just imagine the front of the truck going into my garage lol 4 chocks 2 for each wheel?

 

Rusted over? Hit it with a hammer.

still won’t budge hit it with a bigger hammer.

fucker is jammed??? Get the sledgehammer.

 

To be safe, yes.

 

This is true, so long as it’s not the shoes that’s making them “stuck”.
The shoes self adjust. Over time the drum develops a groove and the shoes will catch on the lip of the groove.
If you beat them hard enough you get them off, eventually. But you’ll have chunks of shoe and mangled retaining hardware.

Back the shoes off first, you don’t always have to.
But it’s good practice.

If the drum is “loose” but catches when you try to pull it off.
It’s the shoes hitting the lip on the drum.