Did mine yesterday.
1 slightly loosen all 12 rear wheel nuts while vehicle is on the ground
2 Chock front wheels
3 Jack up rear Diff, place two axle stands under axle, one each side
4 using a 10mm deep socket, loosen the hand brake adjuster nut by putting handbrake on, and moving aside the plastic piece under the handbrake to expose the nylock nut. Undo about 5 or 6 complete turns, then handbrake off.
5 remove rear wheels
6 using 2 x M8 bolts in the threaded holes in the drum, tighten until the drum starts to move, then slacken both and hit the drum with your fist, or rubber mallet, and you should hear the brake linings drop back, you might need to do this two or three times.
7 Slide drum off
8 clean linings and drum with brake cleaner
9 inspect components for leaks
10 adjust auto adjusters one click at a time, but place drum over after each adjustment to check.
Caution
Avoid beathing the dust
Only remove one drum at a time, as when you place the drum back, you might want to use the handbrake or foot brake to centralise the shoes after adjustment or replacement, and you don't want to wreck the slave cylinders by popping the pistons and covering the linings in brake fluid...:doh
When you are happy with the auto adjusters, replace wheels, tighten wheel nuts then go to hand brake adjusting nut and tighten, what I do is note when the shoes start to bind on one click of the handbrake, when rotating the rear wheel to check for binding, both wheels will turn in the same direction, due to the LSD and the wheel is quite stiff, but you can detect when the brakes are just binding.
When happy with this, remove axle stands and jack, then tighten the wheel nuts using a torque wrench.
Time to do this task... 30 mins to an hour...
DO NOT attempt any work on the braking system unless you have the necessary experience, the correct tools and safety gear.
ALEX... I know you have axle stands.... so use them...:augie
Go for a test drive, which doesn't use much braking, and check the drums for excessive heat, due to any binding, and be prepared to slacken the handbrake adjusting nut.
An alternative, is to drive to Ricks via a suitable retailer to purchase ia bottle of Malt whisky.:thumb2
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