From: jpg@gif.com.invalid   
      
   Thanks to all for the suggestions.  It was way easier than I thought it   
   would be. Altogehter I think I spent about 40mins doing the whole job.   
      
    I remembered a trick on removing the drum. There are two threaded holes in   
   the brake drum.  I simply screwed in a 10mm bolt in each one and used them   
   to pull the drum out.  Of course, I had to choke the tires before releasing   
   the parking brake.  After that, the drum came out in a breeze.  I had an   
   extra thick washer and an open ended nut to pull the stud snug.  I dont   
   think the acorn style nuts are deep enough unless you have more washers,   
   plus you might ruin the taper.   
      
   One thing I did notice, my rear pads are still orginal (185k miles).   
   Everytime I check them, there does not seem to be any wear.  The brake   
   surface of the drum was smooth, a bit glazed, but looked normal.  Is this   
   normal?   
      
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