brake

Hello, just hit 50K on my wifes GX and hearing the brake tab squel a bit, so I thought I'd replace the pads. Having just found out the transmission is sealed, I thought I'd ask here before I discover any other hidden gems when I already have the vehicle jacked up and the wheels off. Do the...

Hello, I have a frankentruck that I'm dealing with, and it appears to have a full floating rear axle (it's an fj45) but heavily modified and not in a good way. I need brake discs for the rear, but it seems that the center hole in the disc is appx. 4.5 inches in diameter... I've tried multiple 4x...

Hey I’ve got a 13 200 that’s been making a vibrating/air hissing noise from the brake booster when braking on the harder side. Finally had my wife press the brake while I watched the booster and it’s blowing bubbles into the brake reservoir. All while the booster and master vibrate or shake a...

Was changing my wheel bearing out the other day and came across a couple rust holes in the inner spindle dust seal. I originally thought this was the dust cover (part #s below). Turns out the part I actually needed was separate and is the inner dust seal. Had a hard time finding all the part...

Hey all, I recently took my LC100 with 247k miles to a local 4x4 repair shop to replace the Brake Master Cylinder. I've had some long travel-squishy brakes so I figured to be safe. I'm still new to owning a rig this old and am trying to learn on it but I felt like that was slightly out of my...

Hello all a real overly new FJ40 owner here. I have a 1980 cruiser, she sat garages all winter with regular start ups and a drive around the block about a month ago. I was under it today noticed a puddle under the driver side near the pitman arm. I followed it up to the brake booster area. The...

Hi all! Just wanted to share my solution when getting weak vacuum recovery on multiple brake applications. Especially when upgraded to a dual diaphragm brake booster. The solution is based on a standard vacuum pump and is using both vacuum chambers in the reservoir tank. It keeps the low...

During re-gearing to 4.88, the mechanic informed me that my brake pads, calipers and rotors need to be replaced. Since this is a 20-year old car (production date 02/2002), might as well refresh the whole parts related to braking whilst it's opened. Hopefully, these parts list & numbers will help...

I am interested in replacing my rear brake backing plates because mine are badly corroded. What is involved in removing them from the axle? Any special tools required? Any help would be appreciated.

My issue was fixed with installing Toyota Part # 47070-60010 Price of Purchase at that time: $767. I had Lexus install it; they charged me $875 (5 hours of labor @ $175 an hour rate) Total Cost: $1,642 Total without discount -$100 Lexus Service Coupon ***$1,542 Final Out the door cost***...

Hey folks - Brake bias question here would love to hear anyone’s thoughts on this topic: I did a brake upgrade on my ‘62 and it’s been great. Master, booster and 4Runner calipers. I’m also running 33” tires. Now, though, I feel like there is a clear over-bias to the front brakes. Especially...

So I was driving the scenic byway from Santa Fe to Taos which has some decent elevation changes but nothing that seemed extreme. About halfway through a 1.5 hour drive I was on a downhill turn and pressed the breaks and when I let go the brakes grabbed about 4 more times; its hard to say but I...

Posting this as a potential fix-it after having gone through this myself. On my way home after importing my HZJ73, I noticed my rear brake lights were on after stopping for food. Found a few pieces of what I thought were plastic in my footwell. Turns out what I found was the remains of a rubber...

All, about to replace the rotors and pads in the rear of my 2011 LX with OEM. I've ordered the rotors, pads as well as the "Brake Pads Hardware Kit" (04948-60040) also called "Fitting Kit". My supplier (ToyotaPartsDeal.com) has the rotors and pads in stock but the hardware kit is back-ordered...

Team - Drove 400 miles today and parked, jumped out to find white smoke coming out of my rear passenger wheel well. Couldn't tell if it was the caliper, pads, rotor, something else? I recently replaced the rear pads, and am wondering if there would be some type of correlation there... I have no...

2015 LX - I have found that when it is very cold my parking brake is sticking. It the brake is left on overnight as it gets into the 20s the handle will have no tension on it like the cable is sticking and when driven there is a drag/shake until things warm up. If the brake is left off the...

Here’s a weird one! changed my fuel filter, pretty basic. Then for some reason my starter motor went on the fritz, when I try and start it just makes a wizzing whining noise and won’t engage? BUT! If I put my foot hard on the brake pedal the starter engages and my car starts??? Any answers??

Hey All, We did a couple of kinda 'how to' videos when replacing our brakes recently. I'm hoping they might help a fellow DIY driveway mechanic. Ben

Hi All I wanted to know if someone had any suggestions or advice regarding installing rear brake pads I was looking into Power Stop Z 23 vs Z 36 or ADVICS AD0773. Any suggestions on how they perform on stock rotors and do they cause warpage. Also is Z 36 worth the upgrade over Z 23 I do not tow...

Our recently acquired 99 LX, has a soft brake pedal and lots of pedal travel before the brakes start to engage, when compared to our other 100 series. The pedal does firm up a bit with a double pump. So far: We've flushed and replaced the brake fluid along with a proper bleeding of the system...