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Drum brakes don't have calipers - they have wheel cylinders and a backing plate. Do you want to replace it all with original parts, or do you want to convert drum brakes to disk brakes?

A conversion will be very expensive, and might not give you the results you expect. A brake system needs to be thought out carefully to work out all the details before you begin. Like... your proportioning valve will need to be changed, and the master cylinder will probably need to be changed. Then you have to find suitable calipers that can be mounted on your axle.

If you're looking to just replace what's there on a drum brake axle, then... remove the brake shoes exactly as if you were doing an ordinary brake job. The wheel cylinder will be held in place by two bolts from the other side of the backing plate, but you'd better disconnect the brake line FIRST.

If it's very rusty in there, expect a lot of trouble getting things apart. You may end up replacing brake lines, too.

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