Green Wheel bearing help

Well I finally did the unthinkable. I called a friend to come help, (kind of like asking for directions). He came over sit down in front of the passenger wheel grabbed the brake drum, whispered something to the car, wiggleed it a couple of times and it slid right off. Well not to be out-done, I went to the driver side and did the same thing he did, I gently wiggled it around, nothing, pulled harder, nothing, rotated the drum while wiggling it, nothing, a few words that must have not been as nice as whe he used, still nothing. When I asked him to hand me the BFH he just said to move out of the way. A little whisper, a wiggle and the drum was in his hand. So from now on if I have to remove the drum, I'm just calling him.

So what was the metal plate over the adjusting slot, it was a metal plug spot welded at the bottom. When I tried to use a screwdriver and a hammer to remove the plug, I had the screwdriver at the bottom and nothing was happening. After cleaning it up where you could see the weld all you had to do was put the screwdriver at the top of the slot and hit it with the hammer and it snapped off. This is the first back-plate I have ever seen that did not have either a rubber plug or nothing. At least now I can get to the adjuster.

Also I confirmed I have a green bearing, which is where this thread started. Thanks for all of the tips and help.

Bobby