Complete brake job - insights?

[yossarian19]

Originally Posted by Dan in Pasadena

Do it one side at a time, not front then rear.

Reason? So that when you get one corner apart, and despite your photos, sketches, mental notes, you're not QUITE certain how it goes back? You can simply pull the drum off the other side to be CERTAIN

As for front vs. rear? Yes they're likely nearly the same - emphasis on nearly. You know already that they're at least a little different because if nothing else the rears have provisions for attaching the emergency brake cables. None of us will be over your shoulder when you're doing this so wouldn't you much rather know for CERTAIN that you've got an identical setup to check your work?
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^ This.
One corner at a time. Don't tear down the entire driver's side - you'll be at risk of mixing up parts as well as of being mentally overwhelmed by details to remember. I know it doesn't sound like much but when you get in there with however many moving parts that all need to go back precisely as they were - you don't want to remember the front AND the rear at the same time.
Driver's front. Passenger's front. Driver's rear. Passenger's rear. No extra parts are included in the vehicle. Clean everything. Lube as directed. DONT PANIC.