So the left rear wheel on my '63 Valiant 200 has been hanging up from time to time, when I bought the car the previous owner told me he thought it had a bad wheel cylinder, so I wasn't suprised.
The rear wheel cylinders are one of the few things that the local parts place has in stock for this thing (mainly because Ford used the same part on Rangers until '02) so I picked one up today to change it out.
I jacked the car up and started to pull the drum off, it wouldn't budge! I tried tapping the rear lip to brake it free but it just won't go. It does wiggle a bit and it feels like the brake shoes are holding the drum on. I know someone makes a drum puller but I don't have one and have been unsuccessful at locating one around town.
After a little deeper digging on here I managed to find a post or two about similar problems where the OP was told to loosen up the adjuster. Makes sense to me, but how?
I'm working outside with limited tools and it's had to get at the back of the drum, so I'd like to go at it with as much knowledge in advance as I can get. I'll likely be working mostly by feel I assume.
Fill me in on what I need to know
