Removing the drums on a 1965 volswagon bug?

Answer 1

Removing the front drums starts with jacking the car up and removing the wheel. Pop off the dust cap (if there's a square thing sticking out of the cap with a circlip on it, remove the circlip first). There's two nuts on here, and one has two little locking tabs bent up into slots on it. Bend the tabs out, then unscrew the first nut, remove the locking plate and remove the second nut. Pull the brake drum toward you and push it back in. Remove the washer and the inner race for the outer bearing, then pull off the brake drum. Finally, remove the inner race of the inner bearing.

Removing the rear drums starts with NOT jacking the car up. Chock the wheels really well. Remove the cotter pin from the axle, then use a 36mm socket on a 1/2" or (preferably) 3/4" breaker bar with a big cheater on it to helo you remove this nut. Do not laugh--this nut is ON THERE!! Once it gets loose, jack the car up, remove the wheel, then the nut, and finally the brake drum.