[header] How to overhaul your drum kit [title] Remove the hardware. [step] The first part of re-doing your kit is to start taking it apart. Take off the rims and the skins with the drum key, leaving the shell of the drum with the hardware attached to it. 
With the phillips head screwdriver, remove the screws on the inside of the drum-the drum lugs should fall right off leaving only the wood shell with the vinyl wrap on it. Make sure to put all of the hardware form each drum into its own bag.