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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>You can try backing off the adjustment which is done by turning (loosening) the square headed fitting opposite the wheel cylinder on the back side of the backing plate .It’s a quarter inch square and you can cobble together some quarter inch drive sockets to fit the adjustment screw. If that doesn’t work try grinding the heads off of the pins that hold the shoes tight against the backing plate. They look like the head of a nail and are at 90 degrees from the wheel cylinder. What you’re tring to do is release the shoes from the drum thus allowing the drums to pull off.</p><p class=MsoNormal>JVV</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows 10</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:adrianjones747@centurylink.net">Adrian Jones</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, July 21, 2021 5:15 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:Triumphs@autox.team.net">Triumphs@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject: </b>[TR] TR3A Rear Brakes</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:20.0pt'>Hi folks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:20.0pt'>I got the car jacked up and the back wheels off.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:20.0pt'>Now I’m looking at the back brakes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:20.0pt'>The driver’s side drum is locked up; the passenger side I can rotate.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:20.0pt'>I can’t get either drum off, despite banging on them with a rubber mallet.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:20.0pt'>(I’ve taken out the 2 flat screws)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:20.0pt'>Any ideas?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:20.0pt'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>