Sunday, December 12, 2010

Transmission out


I decided to finish removing the rear brakes and the transmission. I found out that I made a big mistake here. A week or so ago, I removed the rear drums. On the passenger side, I removed the springs and clips that held on the brake shoes. A bit later I needed to move the car, so I put the drums back on and reattached the wheels. I moved the car and put it back on the jack stands. Well, today I tried to pull the passenger side drum off again and was I in for a project. It is very difficult to get the drums off when the brake shoes are not clipped in! It took me an hour to get the one side back off. I ended up drilling holes in the brake shoe and prying it loose from the inner edge. Nasty! Lesson learned.
Here are a couple of pics now that the transmission out.
(Remember, you can click on the pics to see them larger.)



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