Hi all just looking for some advice, i have tried to remove the rear drums on my fiesta but i can't get the drum to come off the stub axle, do i have to remove the nut in the center in order to take drum off, in other car's that i have owned with drum brakes on the rear i left the handbrake off and removed wheel and tapped the drum of the axle stub with this fiesta it seems that i have to take the nut of the axle is this correct ? i don't want to mess around with the bearings inside the hub but i need to remove the drum to change the shoes within any advice welcome :)

A good clout with a rubber nylon mallet usually frees stuck drums.

lol they are not sticking the 30mm nut has to be removed found that out here ..... http://www.diyrepairsandmaintenance.com/2011/09/03/ford-fiesta-mk4-and-mk5-rear-brake-drum-removal-and-inspection/

Thanks trying :)

Not mentioned and very important is that you must renew the 30mm laminated nut on reassembling the drums and to torque it to the correct torque setting with a torque wrench of the correct size.

Good Luck.

Cool do Thank you will do, so that going into ford tomorrow, strange thing is the rear brakes only grind after about 150 miles of driving then if i park for 20 min's or so they don't grind again for another 150 miles, strange little car, was thinking something might be trapped in the drum IE a stone or something like that, car has only done 64k and it's a 2001 model lol