Brake drum removal HELP

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You cannot unbolt the backing plate from the car without the drum off, there are 4 nuts and bolts holding it on and you need to access both sides.

And why the big desire to cut the Swedges? That’s not going to gain you anything. The drum is stuck to the shoes, the bearings look greasy and not rusted so they will come off when the drum is free.

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The other side has had it done. It's not a bad idea because you don't have to remove the spindle nut and deal with "all that" if the drum will simply slide off. It's no big deal, because the drum is hub centric, not bolt pattern centric. The only ONE reason they swedged them on from the factory was to keep them from falling off going down the assembly line. Replacement drums have the holes so big, you couldn't swedge them if you wanted to.