IML: 48 drum problem

[Imperial48@xxxxxxx]

My new Firestone tires arrived today.   Hurrah!   :-)   However, one thing leads to another.....

Unfortunately the right front wheel is locked up.   I want to look inside to check the status of the brakes and can't remember how I got the hub cap off....I'm not talking decorative cap I'm talking the small cap on the hub.   There is a nice description of brakes on the Website but it doesn't address removing the cap.

I think I took a screwdriver to loosen it but then I think that was a different car, maybe a '57 Ford.  This cap looks like the a large wrench will screw it off but I don't want to attempt that until I know exactly what I'm doing.    If it does screw off, when I look at the left drum should I assume it will have RH threads and not LH like the lug bolts?


Ned ????'48 Crown Imperial