Good luck. You may or may not have to pull the springs to install (i didnt..). Make sure to bleed very well and to adjust when done. watch it on slick roads and also until you get use to it. if you do a panic stop the rears WILL lock up until you get use to how they act. i did it in montana winter and my first hardish stop on snow i about did a 360 at hwy speed lol... even now if im in town and doing 30 or so and hit em hard to stop for quick chanigng light i can lock em on wet pav.

 

thanks for the heads up

 

If the brake shoes are soaked with B fluid, they need replace anyway.

 

Ah true. if your going that far get a spring kit..

 

So my friends flaked on me and my disabled butt has to replace my wheel cylinders solo. The truck is up on stands tires off one drum off and no tread on the drivers side brake shoe. Having trouble taking the passenger rear drum off. It's soaking in liquid wrench right now.

 

One trick to getting the drums off is put the truck on jack stands, take the tires off, then re-install one or two lug nuts per wheel, put the truck in drive and slam the breaks once or twice, this causes the shoes to expand which usually helps in loosening up the rusty drum. Good luck!

 

thanks, a big ol hammer did the trick. Now if I could only remember how to replace what I removed

 

A big hammer will usually get the job done! ha
One tip for remembering how to re-install everything is to only do one side at a time, that way you can refer to the other side for the proper setup, or you could just take some pictures before you begin to tear it all apart.