How do I put back together the rear drum?

If you do one side at a time, look at the other side, it should be a mirror image of how it goes back together. Hope the picture helps a little. good luck

you should have backed off the e-brakes before you installed new shoes. if you had to hammer the drums on that should have been a clue that you did something wrong. you will have to get the drums off some way and check to make sure you didn`t install something in the wrong way.

Notice the question ,duh putting drum back ON.Yes I have encounterd this 3times. Make sure e brake is backed off and the adjuster is tripped and shoes are retracted, also if aftermarket shoes had to grind a little off bottom of each shoe where it rests on each side, Next time I used Toyota shoes and new drum. No problem. Seems thatlining is thicker on aftermarket shoes from napa.

Hi, not sure if you will be able to get a diagram or not. If you are looking to do your brakes yourself, you can block up one side of the car and pull the brake drum off. Once the drum is off, you will be able to see all of the parts and how they go together. Then jack up the other side and replace the brake shoes. Use the blocked up side with drum removed as a reference when putting the other side back together, then switch sides. This is how I have done it before and it works really well...maybe better than a diagram.

hit it with a hammer in a few spots toward the edge to pop loose, then spin a little as you pull, if there a lip inside the drum and it wont slide off, then you will need to loosen the shoes by turning the brake shoe adjusters in, theres one on each side, you loosen by turning them in from the rear of the backing plate,also if there are spring nuts on drum remove and discard, they look like flat thin washer over the studs to hold drum on,here are to diagrams to help you remove the drum.

Auto Zone usually has a diagram on there computer ...showing all the springs etc. to re-assemble a drum break .

Before changing the real wheel bearings, you should thoroughly inspect your rear brakes. You would disassemble the back brakes anyway to change the bearings, and changing the brakes is easier. Remember to block the wheels up front, yes - safety first. As you pull off the rear drums, if you have to struggle to get them off, then that is a definite sign of wear and you'll need to do a rear brake job. As rear drum brakes are used, they have an auto adjust screw that tests and resets your brakes to ensure they are at proper distance to the drum surface. As brake shoes wear into the drums, they can create a groove or lip on the inside of the drum that the brakes will get caught upon when you try to remove worn brake drums. There should be a little hole on the interior side of the brake drum assembly and where you can fit a brake adjustment tool into. After you get the tool in there, it will touch against a star shaped wheel which is actually an adjusting nut. If you have a very small phillips screwdriver, place it inside this same hole and push the little arm that is touching this little star shaped nut. Everytime you back up and hit the brakes, this automatic adjustment lever pushes down on the little star shaped nut making sure that the brakes are not loose (keeps them snug). After you have this lever pushed away from the star shaped nut, use the brake tool to begin turning the star shaped nut until you have moved the screw back together, and the brake shoes have moved back towards each other, and you should then be able to easilly slide the brake drum off.

Once you get the rear drums off, you should try to turn the rear hub on each side and listen for noise and the feel of metal grinding (it should turn freely and smoothly). If the brake pads and drums are in good shape (plenty of brake padding left and no signs of metal wear upon the drums) AND you can feel and or hear the grinding as you turn the wheel hub assembly, then proceed with continuing to replace the rear wheel bearings. However, the more likely scenario is that you need a rear brake job, and doing a brake job is still easier than continuing to tear your brakes apart to replace the hub bearings.

You can check out a copy of Chilton's Auto Repair Manual Hyundai Excel 1986 - 1993 from your local public library. You can also buy this manual on the internet by using your favorite search engine (yahoo, google, etc) to locate a book seller.

back the adjuster to the point you can just trun the caliper or the drum with little force. you will hear a little rubbing sound from the brake pad.

If it has rear drum brakes jack up the back of the vehicle and pull off a drum click up the adjusting screw on the bottom a little bit say 5 or clicks then try to put drum back on if it goes on really easily pull it back off and adjust another 5 clicks or so go till drum wont go on and back the adjustment the other way useing a screw driver or something to hold the arm off of the adjusting screw so you can turn the screw back the other direction about 3 clicks till drum goes on snug but not too tight do the same for the other side.If you have rear disc brakes you have to adjust the cable going to the brake caliper adjust it tighter by about a half an inch or so at a time then go push on the e brake pedal it will get a little more resistance behind it after it gets a little tighter put a wheel back on and try to turn it with e brake on if you cant turn it release it try to turn wheel again if you can its adjusted some have a cable for both rear wheels adjust both as needed.

you probley have alot of rust built up between the drum and axle just hit the front of the drum with a hammer at it will come off if not try backing down the ajuster then pull it off