How remove a brake drum when locked

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2005 DODGE DURANGO

Sunday, March 17th, 2013 AT 10:04 PM

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Use a brake spoon to adjust the star wheel adjuster. If you can't do that, grind off the heads of the two nails that hold the shoes to the backing plate. That will let you pull the drum out far enough to reach the adjuster.

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