AussieHJCruza
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As part of the ongoing saga to make my FJ62 legal to drive on the road here in Australia, I need to do something about the brakes.
I must confess that I've never looked at them other than a bleed/fluid flush, however calipers look brand new, pads had plenty of meat and I thought it didn't stop too badly.
Well, not well enough for the authorities here apparently, so I've decided to explore a few avenues to make it stop properly.
1) visual inspection, all brake components look fine. Soft lines aren't new but look in good condition. Calipers seem new. I don't know what brand the pads, shoes, rotors, drums are but they all seem to have plenty of life. Rotors are a bit scored but not terrible.
2) pulled and released the park brake several times to adjust the rear shoes. Everything seems to move as it should. Park brake works well.
3) bled brakes with fresh fluid. I want to think it stopped better after this but I'm pretty sure it didn't.
4) this gets me to where I am now. I have to pay every time she goes in for the brake test, so I don't want to try lots of things and fail time after time.
5) I'm thinking of starting with a new booster and if this isn't good enough, machine or replacement front rotors and yellow stuff pads. I believe the booster works (pedal drops when engine started, doesn't rise when it's turned off) but it appears to be original and I assume that a new one will be better.
My challenge (sorry, this is very long winded) is that she's a manual transmission Sahara which means a clutch booster as well as brake booster. I would normally go to an 80 series 4 bolt booster but can't be sure it will fit and would like to keep the clutch booster if I can.
Does anyone on here have an 80 series booster fitted to their 60/62 that could take some measurements for me, namely firewall to front of booster and diameter of booster so I can determine if it will fit without spending $500
The other option is to buy one of @Racer65 City Racer Non-US 60/62 boosters however I think (and glad to hear if I'm wrong) that an 80 booster will give me more 'boost'
Pics of truck for good measure because obviously this thread is worthless without pics.
I must confess that I've never looked at them other than a bleed/fluid flush, however calipers look brand new, pads had plenty of meat and I thought it didn't stop too badly.
Well, not well enough for the authorities here apparently, so I've decided to explore a few avenues to make it stop properly.
1) visual inspection, all brake components look fine. Soft lines aren't new but look in good condition. Calipers seem new. I don't know what brand the pads, shoes, rotors, drums are but they all seem to have plenty of life. Rotors are a bit scored but not terrible.
2) pulled and released the park brake several times to adjust the rear shoes. Everything seems to move as it should. Park brake works well.
3) bled brakes with fresh fluid. I want to think it stopped better after this but I'm pretty sure it didn't.
4) this gets me to where I am now. I have to pay every time she goes in for the brake test, so I don't want to try lots of things and fail time after time.
5) I'm thinking of starting with a new booster and if this isn't good enough, machine or replacement front rotors and yellow stuff pads. I believe the booster works (pedal drops when engine started, doesn't rise when it's turned off) but it appears to be original and I assume that a new one will be better.
My challenge (sorry, this is very long winded) is that she's a manual transmission Sahara which means a clutch booster as well as brake booster. I would normally go to an 80 series 4 bolt booster but can't be sure it will fit and would like to keep the clutch booster if I can.
Does anyone on here have an 80 series booster fitted to their 60/62 that could take some measurements for me, namely firewall to front of booster and diameter of booster so I can determine if it will fit without spending $500
The other option is to buy one of @Racer65 City Racer Non-US 60/62 boosters however I think (and glad to hear if I'm wrong) that an 80 booster will give me more 'boost'
Pics of truck for good measure because obviously this thread is worthless without pics.
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