

Today it was the Volvo's chance to fight back.
I decided it was time to changed the brake shoes - one of the trickier jobs on the car. You need to use a heavy-weight puller to get the drum off the tapered axle. It is absolutely impossible to get the drum off any other way.
It is possible to get a special tool from Volvo but it is very expensive. As you can see in the pictures below l have a universal puller that can be used on many cars. This has proved a very worthwhile investment, and allows the drums to be pulled for cleaning and checking. Jack up the rear of the car and remove the wheels, then put the handbrake on.
- Remove the axle split pin and remove centre nut (with a 1 1/16in socket).
- Position the puller on wheel nut studs and fix it in position with the five wheel nuts (a speed-brace makes this much quicker and easier).
- Release the handbrake, and tighten down center of the puller by hand against axle.
- I then use a copper mallet to tighten the puller onto the axle and knock off drum. Just hit the puller to tighten it!
- As the drum is pulled from the axle it may get jammed on the brake shoes, if this happens slacken the brake adjuster and try again.
- You can now clean the drum and shoes, replace and adjust as necessary
- To replace the drum, slacken brake adjuster, position the key on axle and push drum into position.
- Hand tighten the axle nut and position the split pin hole on axle so you know where it is. Pull on handbrake again.
- Tighten nut by hand then use mallet against the spanner/socket to tighten the castellated nut and position it so that hole in axle and castallations line up. Fit a new split pin.
- Refit wheels and lower to ground.
- Relax...
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