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The drum separates from the hub
If stuck, the drum may have threaded holes, you screw an M8x1.25 thread bolt into it to push the drum away from the hub
Civic, similar, showing a bolt in the threaded hole:
Tapping around outside of drum with your big hammer may free it as well.
Have you ever had to change front pads and rotors? If not then very doubtful the rears need attention. I am in my 10th year on original rears. About 60,000
There is about an 1/8" left on them (in their thinnest spots)
I guess there's about 200k miles on the car? LOL
my GFs 07 has about 250k miles on it, original shoes afaik.
Hondas rear shoes wear so slow our parts department doesn't keep any in stock at all for any model because we never try to sell any
Original shoe lining thickness may have been about 4mm. FSM says replace at 2mm lining thickness, but if it took 200,000 miles to reach that point we kinda try to let the owner decide if they believe the car will last long enough to NEED rear brakes replaced (salt and rust belt here)
my GFs 07 has about 250k miles on it, original shoes afaik.
Hondas rear shoes wear so slow our parts department doesn't keep any in stock at all for any model because we never try to sell any
Original shoe lining thickness may have been about 4mm. FSM says replace at 2mm lining thickness, but if it took 200,000 miles to reach that point we kinda try to let the owner decide if they believe the car will last long enough to NEED rear brakes replaced (salt and rust belt here)
Good info to know about the service life and number of miles for a set of Honda drum brakes. I have a 09 Fit with 130,000 miles and the rear brakes still look ok.
I'm at 146K. Rear shoes have 2.5mm at the lowest point. New they are 4mm. Service limit is 1mm. So... they've worn 1.5mm over 150K. Should be 300K before they need replacing at that rate.
Still, I pull off the drums (a rubber mallet is my weapon of choice to knock them loose) every time I rotate the tires to eyeball them. Also blow out the dust (take care not to breathe the dust).
Front pads last an average 25-30K miles between changes on mine: Atlanta stop-and-go traffic. These have wear sensors (unless someone replaced with non-OE style pads) when they get to their service limit. When these start to make noise it's metal on metal. Initially it sounds like maybe the A/C is making noise but gets worse rapidly.
About 2 months ago I had the rear brakes adjusted during a brake job. There was approx. 1/8" lining left on them. Brake fluid was flushed and bled. The tech adjusted the rears, drums and wheel cylinders all OK. At first the pedal was very firm with a quick, short travel, quick stops (EBC Green pads), e-brake has nice short pull (5-6 clicks) but the rear brakes are gutless. After a couple of weeks the pedal has a bit more travel than before and e-brake also. No matter how hard you haul on the e-brake you can't slide the rear tires or slow down even. The starwheel adjusters don't do much at all. Front pads and rotors are good. Any ideas? If the shoes are toast, what material other than factory replacement will give more grab to make the adjusters actually DO something?
