How to get rear hub off 1992 Buick Skylark to change break shoes?

get a free break inspection from midas. go straight home and it will be easy to remove the drum since it was just off.How to get rear hub off 1992 Buick Skylark to change break shoes?
soak the center of the drum with wd-40 and let sit a few minutes.then take a hammer and smack the heck out of it.alternate sides until it starts moving.How to get rear hub off 1992 Buick Skylark to change break shoes?
Back off on the brake shoe adjuster and parking brake adjustment. The drum has a ridge worn into it making it difficult to get off.

It may be binding on the hub. Spray penetrating oil around hub. Whack with a hammer while pullimg on drum.

Go to www.autozone.com for online repair info
try a eight inch peice of steel, with a hole in the middle thats threaded,with a bolt, its actually called a gear puller. itll break loose any hub!
No need to pull hub. Just pull the drum.



Can't pull the hub without pulling the drum anyway.



The drums love to stick to the hub. Bang the ever loving daylights out of it with a hammer (with the tire off) till it pops loose from the hub. And I mean beat on it. It's fifteen years old, and probably a bit rusted.



It'll probably hang up on the brake shoes once it is loose from the hub, if there is significant wear on the drum. There will be a 'lip' on the drum that catches the edge of the break shoe.



With luck, you can a: get to the adjuster, and b: move the adjuster, and c: Do so in the right direction. the adjuster's don't like to move in the 'looser' direction. If it ratchets really easy, you are going the wrong way.



If you can't get to the adjuster, then you'll have to pry the heck out of the drum.



While you are busy swearing at it, just be glad you aren't playing with a one ton dual wheel truck. 4 times as much work, and the drum weighs ten times as much.



Might help to have someone who has taken apart rear brakes to supervise. Getting all the spring back in the right place and order, and adjusting the brakes properly is a bit confusing if you have never done it before.
first you have to back the brake shoes off by hand. there is a black oblong plug in the backing plate, remove that plug and using a brake spoon back off the adjuster. If you don't have a brake spoon use a flat screwdriver. after backing off the brakes the drum should slide off. if not use a penetrating oil like wd40 or p.b. blaster spray the center of the hub and you still may have to pry it loose or use a hammer to smack the drum in the center between the wheel studs. don't hit the top or bottom of the drum too hard or you can break them