Re: Them little drum brake screws

["Vince J. Pujalte" <pujalte@stic.net>]

Aron et al,
  I may be from Mars, but I think the little screws serve an additional 
purpose.
  I think that they serve to maintain tension on the end of the axle when 
the tire lug nuts are off; flat fixing, etc.
  Why? Because there is only 1 offset screw maintaining the tension on  
the axle seal inside the drum. I replaced my 3 missing screws with allen 
screws and Loctited them.

My 0.02,
-Vince
(Veteran of 2 domestic branches of the Military and 1 foreign).