Rear Drum Installation Problem 64

[elane352]

Problem resolved; I had to enlarge the diameter of the 5 drum holes to 9/16 inches.

After getting stumped with the passenger side rear wheel (the one I showed pictures of), I worked on the driver side rear wheel and had no problems getting the new drum on.

I then went back to the problem (passenger side) and removed everything I had initially installed to see if I could slide the new drum onto the backing plate with no shoes on. Of course the old drum slid on without a hitch. The new drum would not. It got hung up on the studs. After slightly enlarging the drum's holes, I put the shoes on to see if the new drum would then go on. It did.

So all is good. One drum needed modifications and one did not. Thanks to all of you that shared advice.

Eddie