Note other postings re: dangers if the shoes are not fully retracted. St. Muir suggests that instead of a puller you use a chain from one lugnut, through something heavy (I used a spare wheel/tire) to another lugnut. Swing the heavy object repeatedly to the limit of the chain's loop. The inertia of the heavy object, and the fact that it is delivered in bursts, work very well if the problem is the drum rusted onto the axle splines. B.
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