I was gonna remove the rear brake drum today to clean out and tension the handbrake. The driver's side went all fine but the passenger side i couldn't get the drum loose. Everytime i pulled it it was like it feathered right back with a spring or something. I tried bending it with a screwdriver and hitting it with a hammer from the inside but no luck, cause the entire drum is loose and moves out and in about 1 or 2 centimeters but it just won't let go.

 

Is it just the handbrake band that's too tight against the drum so it won't move or is there something else i don't know about?

Edited July 30, 201115 yr by Tomas_90

don't know if KE70s have them, but earlier models have a couple of threaded holes in the drum which you can insert a couple of bolts into (8mm????) and do them up evenly forcing the drum off.

..and what you will find is that the drum is grooved where the shoes run and the outside lip is now smaller and catching.

 

Let the handbrake off and see if you can un-adjust the automatic adjuster to get the shoes right back in. You might have to make a little tool to hold the rachet back off the adjusting arm while you turn it, some odd bit of bent metal.

Right, i figured there'd be something like that. Well there is 2 small holes on the drum so maybe it would work to force it out like that, i'll have a go at that.

If you force it you may bend things! Theres a reason the drum is not coming off. It will most likely be that the drum has a lip on it and is catching on the edge of the shoe. As stated you need to back it off, the threaded holes work sometimes but make it easy to damage things.