Originally Posted by
dabac
I hope you're not considering lubing the drum brake. Drum brakes use friction pads, not steel-on-steel. Lubing one of those will be just as bad as contaminating a pair of disc brake pads.
Infrequently used drum brakes can screech from rust on the drum surface.
I won't lie - that's exactly what I thought about doing. Thank you for stopping me in time with your intelligent and informative statement!